Description

THE CLOSE
1.
1594
- No 32
28.2.52. No 33
SU 1429 NW 3/32
II* GV

2.
C18 recasing of earlier buildings. Probably 2 or 3 houses originally 2 storeys
and attic and one storey and attic. Partly colourwashed brick. Old tile roof
half hipped at north end. North front has large canted bay window with tiled
pent roof on 1st floor, sash lights glazing bars intact and smaller canted
bay underneath with casement lights. The east front has 2 dormers. 3 windows
lst floor, small canted bay window and one window on ground floor, sashes,
glazing bars intact. Plain door. South front has a 2 storey painted brick
elevation with hipped old tile roof, 1 hipped dormer with leaded casement.
Superimposed canted bay windows flanking front with small moulded cornices
and panelled aprons, sash lights glazing bars intact. Central 2 light casement
on lst floor and central panelled door below, in architrave surround with
plain frieze and cornice.
Link block of one storey and attic with hipped dormer, lead casements and
3 light casement ground floor. 2 storey red brick modern west wing, tile
hung 1st floor, dormers and mullioned casements. Picturesque group. Site
of Our Lady's Well.

All the listed buildings in the Close form an outstanding group.

Listing NGR: SU1426329645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534731

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas