Description

ST MICHAEL'S SSTREET
1. (East Side)
1582
Darrowfield House

TL 1307 SE 7/31 8.5.50.

II*

2.
The former Dower House of Gorhambury sometimes known as "New House".
Circa 1700. 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows. High pitched, hipped, tiled
roof with end chimneys. Modillion cornice (renewed) with small central
pediment. 3 square dormers. Red brick with diaper pattern of blue headers.
Brick plinth. Gauged red brick arches to ground floor windows. All windows
renewed sashes with glazing bars, those on 1st floor in original, near-flush
box frames. 2-storey, 3-window extension at left in similar style. Late C18
central doorcase has fluted frieze resting on carved, scrolled consoles above
flat pilasters. Paterae over brackets, dentils and modillions to cornice.
Door has cornice head and decorative fanlight with fan patterned in spandrels.

Listing NGR: TL1367607331

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17555368

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Care and Repair