Description

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5118 HANHAM ABBOTS HANHAM MILLS ROAD
Picnic House
ST 67 SW 3/83
II GV
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Built in connection with Avon Navigation Scheme. Dated 1726. Three storeys,
rendered, pantile roof with brick end chimneys and modern coped verges.
Five windows, glazing bar sashes in flush frames, ground floor windows
altered with cambered heads. Plain weathered strings over 1st and ground
floors (latter raised over window heads). Central half-glazed door with
transom light and gabled lattice porch. Stair turret to rear. Two obscured
freestone tablets flanking doorway lettered "CWS" and "1726".
Interior: a little residual panelling in ground floor rooms and to cupboard
below stairs. Stairs have splat balusters, replaced on ground and first
floors.

Listing NGR: ST6469470131

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410411

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)