Description

NY 7708 KIRKBY STEPHEN HIGH STREET
(West Side)

9/13 No. 55
6.2.68 (Brougham House)

II

House, dated 1794 on rainwater head, with Victorian scullery added at rear.
Coursed rubble with incised stucco and chamfered quoins to front. Graduated
slate roof with stone copings, kneelers, and rendered end chimneys. 2 storeys,
3 bays (symmetrical). Single window to either side of 6 panelled door with
semicircular fanlight; stone surround has projecting keystone. 3 windows to 1st
floor; all windows are 16-paned sashes. Internally, 6-panelled doors, dado
rails, alcove cupboards, and some C19 fireplaces have been retained. Original
staircase; 16-paned sash to half-landing with internal panelled shutters and
shouldered wooden surround. A moulded ogee arch springs from top corners of
window frame, terminating in scallop shell finial. Landing has polygonal
termination with rooms opening off each face; ceiling has Corinthian cornice and
large foliate rose over stairs.

Listing NGR: NY7739808369

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430152

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)