Description

HOWDEN PINFOLD STREET
SE 7428
(east side)

12/130 No 16 (The Chestnuts)

GV II
House. c1800 with alterations of 1930's. Handmade brick in English bond
with front facade of machine made red brick in Flemish bond, with stone
dressings and Westmorland slate roof. Central-hallway entry, 2 rooms in
depth with cross wing to rear. 2 storeys, 5 bays with advanced central bay.
Tuscan porch containing 6-fielded-panel door with overlight. Ground floor
fenestration altered in 1930's to 16-pane sashes flanked by 8-pane sashes on
continuous sill to either side of door. First .floor: ashlar band and sashes
with glazing bars to original design. Flat brick arches throughout.
Modillion eaves course. Hipped roof. Rear wall stacks. Interior: arch
with panelled reveals and imposts to hall. Open-string staircase with 2
slender column balusters per tread, carved tread ends and ramped handrail
with fine inlaid star motif to spiral newel. Arch with panelled reveals and
imposts to landing with a blind arch next to it. Original fireplace to main
bedroom with cast-iron grate, and drops, festoons and rosettes to fire
surround. Original moulded cornices to most rooms. Neave D, Howden
Explored, 1979.

Listing NGR: SE7468628201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26363981

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]