Description

SO 8802-8902 CHALFORD HIGH STREET
(north side)

13/36 The Corner House

II

Small detached house. Mid-late C18; C19 additions. Random and
coursed rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-
storey with attic; 2-storey additions to east and west sides.
Front: gable end of earliest part projects forward with single-
window fenestration, timber casements with timber lintels and
leaded iron opening casements. Set back to right is addition with
single 12-pane sash per floor. Doorway in angle with flat stone
porch hood and single bracket. West side: addition has brick
upper floor, rendered on front side, with open ground floor
supported on timber beams and corner post; outhouse set back
beneath. Main 6-panel door to house entered from this side. Rear:
house built against steep pathway. One ground floor room is
beneath path, probably built into vaulted wool drying recess in
earlier terrace walls. A further recess adjoining to east of house
has later front wall with reset oval window. Important visual
effect on curve of street.

Listing NGR: SO8971502565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464984

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)