Description

WICKHAM HIGH STREET
SU 5711
(south west side)
10/48 The Old House Hotel (formerly
6.3.67 listed as The Old House under The
GV II* Square)

House, now hotel. 1707. Brick walls of blue headers with flush red quoins, rubbed
flat and oval arches, moulded 1st and 2nd floor bands, moulded impost bands to the
ground-floor oval arches (with brick-filled spandrels): parapet with moulded stone
coping. Tile roof, catslide at rear. Symmetrical north-west front elevation of
three storeys five windows. Original sashes in exposed frames. Doorcase of full
Roman Doric Order, with segmental pediment, fluted pilasters on pedestals, architrave,
7-panelled (top 3 glazed) door, above stone steps. A southside entrance gate has
simple brick piers, with pineapples. Long rear wing of similar style, of two storeys
and attic five windows. Within, there is a room with complete pinewood panelling,
panelling to the hall, and original dog-leg staircase (with turned balusters) set
in vertical panelling.

Listing NGR: SU5729711498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Old House Hotel official website
• Wikidata Q17540381

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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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)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House