Description

SS 90 SW
8/150

THORVERTON
SILVER STREET, Thorverton
Brook Lodge including gates to north

GV
II

House. A thorough circa early C19 remodelling and extension of a C17 house ; C20
extension at rear. Colourwashed rendered stone with slate roof, hipped at ends ;
front lateral stack to Silver Street elevation with brick shaft projecting through
roof ; slightly projecting early C19 lateral stack to garden (south) elevation ;
massive probably C17 projecting rear stack with truncated shaft.
Plan: Pre C19 plan probably on L arrangement ; present early C19 plan 3 rooms wide,
double depth with an entrance from Silver Street into a heated entrance hall
containing the stair, axial passage and service room to the rear of the entrance
hall, 2 principal C19 rooms to the left, facing the garden; kitchen to rear.
2 storeys. The Silver Street elevation has deep eaves carried on moulded brackets
and 3 symmetrical bays to the left plus 1 window to the right. Panelled front door
with pilasters frieze and cornice, flanked by 12-pane sashes, 3 similar first floor
sashes, the left one false. Similar first floor sash to right above a 4-pane window.
To the right of the range there is an entrance into a courtyard with a good pair of
C19 iron carriage gates. A modern garden wall with an old plinth to the south of the
house has a good early C19 iron gate.
Interior C18 joinery survives, including the stair ; C19 chimneypieces and cornices.
1 C17 closed truss survives in the roofspace the other roof timbers are C19
replacements.
The house is documented in 1758 and was probably the home of the Reverend John
Reynell, Minister of the local Dissenters.

Listing NGR: SS9262902087

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533798

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