Description

SO 9624 PRESTBURY THE BURGAGE
(west side)

17/41 No 51 (Burgage Close)

4.7.60

GV II

Detached house. C17. Square-panelled timber framing. Right
gable end and projecting stack coursed squared and dressed
limestone. Artificial stone slate roof. Rectangular plan to main
body. C20 extension at left gable end and C20 glazed lean-to
porch, not of special interest. Main body; 16 storeys with one
two and one five-light casements to ground floor (the latter
comprising an early 3-light casement flanked by single C20
casements). Upper floor lit by four 2-light C20 eaves dormers with
weatherboarded gables. All windows with leaded panes Early
studded plank door with strap hinges reused in C20 lean-to porch
left of projecting gable-end stack. Interior not inspected but
reputed to contain a plaque depicting a crown, rose and lion and
gargoyles in a bedroom, and oak panelling.
(Womens Institute Architectural Survey, 1975)

Listing NGR: SO9669624146

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26446026

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