Description

HILTON
ST70SE ANSTY HOLLOW

2/21 Higher Ansty House
29-12-76
GV II

Detached house, formerly a farmhouse. Early C18 - but service range may be
earlier. Brick walls, plastered at front; tiled roof; brick end stacks projecting
externally from gable wall. Main block of double-pile plan with parallel roofs.
Service range at left end, set back, and projecting to rear. Main house of 2
storeys and attics. Service range extended to rear as a single-storeyed
outbuilding, of brick with tiled roof. C20 porch in angle of main block and
service range. This has plastered walls up to first floor; weatherboarded
above. C20 panelled door under moulded hood on brackets. In main block, ground
and first floors each have 2 sash windows with glazing bars. Attic has 2
segmental-roofed dormers with casements with glazing bars. In front wall of
service range, one casement window with lead lights on each floor. At right end
of main range a C20 single-storey extension with hipped roof. In rear wall of
main block, some casement windows with lead lights. C18 closed stone stair with
turned balusters and moulded handrail. Several C18 fireplace surrounds and
raised panel doors. RCHM Monument 16. (Dorset. Vol.III)

Listing NGR: ST7678603985

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26412039

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy