Description

MELVILLE STREET
1.
1577
(North Side)
No 28
SZ 5992 3/263

II GV

2.
Circa 1830/40 villa. Two storeys, stucco faced. Low pitch hipped slate
roof with wide eaves. Three windows, narrow one in centre, recessed,
sash, later glazing bars, architrave surrounds, block sills. The
ground floor has only one surviving window, to the East as above. A
brick bay has been added to the rest at a later date and a screen wall
of render brick with string and coping, with a side door, runs from
the bay to the West party wall. A narrow two storey single window wing
has also been added to the West. North garden front to Bellevue Road
has three windows, two in bow to East through both storeys, recessed,
sash, glazing bars intact, architrave surrounds, block sills. Ground
floor of bow has French windows with marginal glazing bars, later
French window ground floor West. The wing has sash window with glazing
bars first floor, French window ground floor. This house was also used by
Queen Victoria's retinue during an early visit to the Island.

Nos 25 to 28 (consec) with No 1 Trinity Street form a group.

Listing NGR: SZ5970292554

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515987

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas