Description

EAST COULSTON EAST COULSTON VILLAGE
ST 95 SW
(south side)
5/136 The House of Steps
(formerly listed as No 11,
11.9.68
Many Steps)
GV II
Detached house. Mid C18. Flemish bond brick with stone quoins
and rubble stone plinth, stone slate roof with coped verges and
gable end brick stacks. Two-storey, 3-window. Central planked
door in cyma-moulded architrave with flat stone hood on brackets,
up three semi-circular stone steps, former 2-light recessed
chamfered mullioned casements to cellar to left and right. First
floor has 3-light cyma-mullioned casement either side of 2-light
mullioned casement over door. Left return has blocked opening to
former bread oven. Early C20 extension attached to right return.
Rear has French windows and 2-light casement to first floor, 2-
storey extension with 2-light casement.
Interior has open fireplace with renewed lintel on chamfered stone
jambs and winding stairs to left, in former kitchen. Parlour has
stone fireplace surround with beaded round corners, cyma-moulded
plaster ceiling cornice, roughly chamfered beams. Cellar runs
length of house and is barrel-vaulted.

Listing NGR: ST9492953977

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272241

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  For the Record
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version