Description

STAFFORD

SJ9123 FOREGATE STREET
590-1/5/23 (East side)
17/12/71 Nos.62 AND 63

II

House, now office. c1698; front elevation rebuilt late C20;
extensively refurbished. Chequer brick with ashlar dressings;
internally central bay flanked by timber-framed cross walls;
tile roof with brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. Georgian
style. 2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 3-window range.
Stone-coped plinth; stone platt band over ground floor and
coved cornice. C20 round-headed entrance has doorcase with
fluted pilasters, entablatures and pedimental hood, fanlight
with radial glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door. Windows
have sills, and brick flat arches over 16-pane sashes; 3
gabled dormers with casements. C20 lean-to addition to right
replacing original lean-to. Rear has gabled wing and
single-storey C20 wing and lean-to outshut; some
segmental-headed casement windows and skylights.
INTERIOR retains chamfered beams and curved roof trusses
suggesting original barrel-vaulted ceiling; forge to smithy of
c1798.
(Information held by Sutton Housing Trust).

Listing NGR: SJ9197123762

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489968

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)