Description

COLTON NEWBY BRIDGE
SD 38 NE
7/54
Water Side House

II

House. Probably 1650-60 with extension of 1675. Roughcast stone with slate
roof. 3 storeys, 5 bays, with single-storey single-bay former outbuilding to
left. Most windows are sashed with single-glazing bars and horns but 2nd bay of
ground floor has vertical glazing bars and 3rd bay has window with small-paned
fixed glazing; 2nd floor has 2-light windows; former outbuilding has 3-light
wooden mullioned window, chamfered to inside. Entrance to 3rd bay has 2-panel
door, that to 4th bay has wide-boarded door with old lock plate. Gable-end
stacks to 3-storey part, that to left has truncated projecting part. Rear has
gabled wing with lean-to stair wing to left return. 1st bay has C20 casement to
ground floor; stair wing has 2 windows with fixed glazing; left return of wing
has ground floor 3-light wooden chamfered-mullioned window with slated lintel;
floors above have casement windows, that to 2nd floor with iron opening light.
Right return of wing has 2 wooden chamfered-mullioned windows of 3 lights, that
to right is C20; 1st floor has similar window of 4 lights with 3 remaining
intermediate bars, glazing to outside. Gable-end stack. Former outshut has
sashed window with glazing bars and horns, with 3-light wooden flat-mullioned
window to right. Left return has 3-light wooden mullioned window, chamfered
inside, entrance with wide-boarded door to left and 1st floor wide-boarded
studded loading door. Right return is blind. Interior: Ovolo moulded beams;
fireplace with corbelled lintel and moulded opening with spice cuboard with door
frame to left. 2 doors with 2 fielded panels and dado rails in bolection
architraves; 2-light wooden chamfered-mullioned window with intermediate bars
and wooden shutters in former rear wall, a rare example. Wing has fireplace
plaster overmantel with oak trail border and date 1675 with flanking initials:
"RTI" and "CRA". Robert and Isobel Taylor and Charles and Agnes Robinson
(Daughter to the Taylors). Dog-leg stair has turned balusters, square newels
and moulded hand rail. 1st floor has fielded panelled partitions with dado
rails and doors as above, the end rooms with bolection-moulded panelling.

Listing NGR: SD3646286355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519432

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)