Description

STONE

SJ9033 HIGH STREET, Stone
651-1/7/25 (South West side)
09/03/49 No.8
Cumberland House

GV II

House, now surgery. Early to mid C18. Stucco; tile roof with
brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. Georgian style. 3
storeys; symmetrical 5-window range. Moulded plinth and top
entablature with pulvinated frieze; rusticated end pilasters.
Entrance has aedicule with Doric half-columns with fluted
capitals and Ionic entablature, fanlight with decorative
glazing bars and 6-panel door. Windows have sills and 12-pane
sashes, 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor. Rear has 2 gabled wings
with coped gables. INTERIOR: open-well stair to right of hall
has closed string, column-on-vase balusters, square newels and
moulded handrail; fielded-panelled dado; many rooms have rich
Adam-style fireplaces, some with relief panels of figures;
some rooms have enriched dado rails and cornices, modillioned
cornice to entrance hall. The Duke of Cumberland is said to
have stayed here, 1745. A good example of an early Georgian
town house.

Listing NGR: SJ9028833802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513658

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990