Description

TOWCESTER WATLING STREET WEST
SP6948
13/182 No.153 (Richmond House)
01/08/76 (Formerly listed as No.52)

GV II

House. Dated 1750, with earlier origins. Painted brick, C20 plain-tile roofs,
brick end stacks. 2-unit plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central
6-panel door in pegged wood surround with brick lintel and straight hood on
brackets. C19 sash windows to ground and first floors, those to ground floor
with gauged brick lintels and keyblocks, those to first floor with brick
lintels; central first floor window, blank. Plinth, storey band, brick modillion
eaves and moulded tile-coping to gables. 2 hipped roof dormers. Blocked door to
right with round-arched head, imposts and keyblock. Single-storey wing to left
with tripartite sash window and corbelled brick eaves. 2-storey wing to rear
left is of coursed and uncoursed limestone rubble. This wing may be of late C17
date. Interior: ogee-stop-chamfered spine beams and large open fireplace with
chamfered bressumer in back wing. Fitted cupboard with shaped shelves.

Listing NGR: SP6937448576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26292709

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)