Description

LICHFIELD

SK11SW BEACON STREET
1094-1/1/17 (North East side)
18/04/73 Ardmore Cottage, Nether Beacon House
and Ardmore House

GV II

House, now 3 houses. Late C17 or early C18 with late C18
addition and later alterations. Timber-frame with brick infill
and brick; tile roofs with brick stacks.
PLAN: double-depth plan with later range to rear.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range with C19
single-storey wings to ends. Hipped roof with 3 gables. Late
C19 applied timber-frame to partly plastered stone plinth.
Entrances to centre have porches recessed behind Tudor arches
and Art Nouveau iron gates, half-glazed doors with leaded
glazing and side lights. 3-light projecting windows with
cornices, but 2 central 1st floor narrow windows. C20 windows
to wings. Left return has exposed square framing and 3
flat-roofed dormers; tall stack. Rear range of 3 storeys,
4-window range, has coped gables and end stacks; modillioned
brick cornice. Windows have sills, and rubbed brick flat
arches over 12-pane sashes, 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor.
Right return to Nether Beacon has C20 additions and entrance
to ground floor; left return has small 2-storey rear wing with
end stack and return 4:12:4-pane tripartite sash, taller than
adjoining front range due to slope of ground.
INTERIOR: Nether Beacon House not inspected but probably
retains beams, fireplaces etc.

Listing NGR: SK1116510022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504040

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)