Description

TOWCESTER WATLING STREET WEST
SP6948
13/183 No.157
01/12/51

GV II*

House. Mid C18. Ironstone ashlar to street, C20 plain-tile roofs, brick end
stacks. 2-unit central-staircase plan. 3-storey, 5-window range. Central 6-panel
door with fanlight and painted moulded stone surround and moulded stone cornice.
12-pane sashes with moulded stone sills and segmental-arched heads with
keyblocks to ground, first and attic floors. Plinth, painted limestone storey
bands, deep moulded limestone cornice and plain stone-coped parapet. Central bay
and strips either end break forward slightly. 2-storey brick extension to rear
with catslide roof. Single-storey wing to rear left. Interior has fine closed
well staircase with turned balusters from ground floor to attic; half cellar in
well. Stone cellar. One original veined marble chimneypiece with fluted
keyblock. Eared wood fireplace surround in upper room. Fitted cupboard with
shaped shelves. Some panelled dados.

Listing NGR: SP6936248581

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545132

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)