Description

BLEASBY BLEASBY ROAD
SK 74 NW
(east side)
Goverton
5/1 Goverton House
and attached pump
II
House and attached pump. Late C17, raised early C19 with early
and late C19 extensions. Red brick, painted. Slate roofs.
South, C17 front, raised. Left gable and single ridge rendered
stacks. Left gable with ashlar coping. Wooden cornice. 2
storeys plus garret, 3 bays. First floor band. Central doorway
with open shallow brick and tile porch having rusticated jambs
and segmental moulded arch with band of dentil. Inner panelled
door under segmental arch. Either side are single glazing bar
sashes with 3 similar sashes above, all under segmental arches.
To the right of the doorway is a wood, iron and lead pump. To
the right is a projecting C19 2 storey, single bay wing under a
catslide roof with doorway with C20 door and doorcase and in the
side wall a single glazing bar fixed light on each floor. To the
left and set back is a lower 2 storey, 4 bay wing with single
central ridge brick stack. Raised brick eaves, first floor sill
and lintel bands. 3 sashes under segmental arches with
continuous hood mould. To the left is a gabled porch with
pointed arched entrance and inner panelled door with overlight
under a segmental arch. Above are 2 sashes. Further left is a
lean-to with doorway under segmental arch. On the far right is a
c.1810 wing with hipped roof. The east/main front being rendered
and painted with chamfered quoins and with 2 lateral rendered
stacks. Eaves cornice. Set on a chamfered plinth. 2 storeys,
4 bays with first floor sill band. Doorway, 4 steps up, with
glazed and panelled double door, overlight and moulded surround
with highly decorative brackets supporting the slightly
projecting hood. To the left is a single sash with 2 similar
sashes to the right and 4 similar sashes above, all have moulded
surrounds and rendered keyblocks. Interior of C17 build has
chamfered beams with stops and a bressummer beam. Over the
cellar doorway is a small wooden strip carved with a radiating
design. Dogleg staircase with C17 turned balusters to ground and
first floors.

Listing NGR: SK7049349966

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26297667

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