Description

MOUNT EPHRAIM
1.
1746
(North West Side)
Nos 63 to 65 (consec)
TQ 5839 NW 3/62 20.5.52.
II GV
2.
A terrace of 3 large houses, not all uniform or arranged quite symmetrically.
Circa 1800. 3 storeys and semi-basement painted brick. 13 windows in all. Each
house has a large curved bay of 3 windows each. Stringcourse above lst floor.
Eaves cornice. The bays have roofs which are rounded hips rising to a point like
half a cone. Glazing bars missing. All 3 houses have porches up 4 steps, No 63
with fluted columns, the others plain. All 3 have semi-circular fanlights, those
of Nos 64 and 65 being particularly large ones. Doors have had some of their
panels cut away and glazed. These 3 houses were at one time called Wellington
Place. The 1st Duchess of Wellington, then Lady Wellesley, lived at one of them
('Douro House') during the 1st part of the Peninsular war and was serenaded there
by the inhabitants after the Battle of Talavera in 1809.
Nos 63 to 65 (consec) and pavement form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5803739584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26519725

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)