Description

CHRISTCHURCH ROAD
1.
5128
(North Side)
The Mount
Nos 57 and 57A
SU 7272 9/437
II GV
2.
House for manager of Huntley and Palmer's. On corner of Christchurch Road
and the Mount estate. Angle turret towards Christchurch. Circa 1876. 2 1/2
storeys. Gault brick with paler brick bands at cill and lintel levels. (latter
brick-block flush-work). Modillion eaves cornice. Slate roof with fish-scale
bands. 2 chimneys lacking cogged capping. Plate glass sash windows with bracket
cills, cast-iron flower basket guards and stop-moulded stone lintels. 3 bays
to main road with corner angled bays, to left as polygonal turret, both with
turret roofs, left hand one with diaperwork in pointed relieving arches over
1st floor. Central gabled break with diaperwork and irregularly placed windows,
paired on 1st floor. Gabled hood to doorpiece which has floral caps and pointed
entrance. Decoratively panelled door. Coped gable to east with diaper in gable.
2 windows and angle turret to the Mount. Railings, Standards etc retained.

Listing NGR: SU7252472138

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26407310

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy