Description

SK 51 NW ASHBY ROAD
5/4 (north side)

Field House

II

House, 1887 on plaque, red brick and terracotta, with plain tile roofs and moulded
brick chimney stacks. "Queen Anne" style. Main block of 2-storeys and attic with
subsidiary blocks to left-hand side and rear. Main block 5 window range, with
central doorway with decorative keystone and white painted bracketed hood over.
Sash windows with glazing bars. Terracotta frieze with ongar and cornice above,
between 1st and attic floors. White painted eaves cornice. French window to left
of entrance (leading to conservatory, now lost). Left-hand wing has 2-storey
rectangular bay window and gabled dormer, and, to rear, white painted lantern with
lead roof and weathervane in the form of a fix. Right-hand return front has
2-storey rectangular projection, decorative plaques, ground floor oriel window and
arched entrance with swan's neck pediment and oval window above. The rear of this
wing is canted. Rear has rendered and roughcast gables and some leaded windows.

Listing NGR: SK5228619554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26409775

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House