Description

SEMINGTON HIGH STREET
ST 86 SE
(west side)
4/201 Highfield House with railings
and gate
GV II

Detached house, now hotel and restaurant. Late C18. Limestone
ashlar, Welsh slate roof with coped verges and gable end stone
stacks. Three-storey, 3-window. Central 6-panelled door with
fanlight and pedimented architrave with pilasters, 16-pane sash
either side. Plat band to first floor window sills; three 16-pane
sashes. Cornice to plain blocking course, pilasters carried up
from ground to eaves level. Rubble stone returns with lead
rainwater goods. Rendered rear with sashes, 2-storey wing to
right, 2-storey lean-to extension to left, rear roof pitch and
extension roofs with double Roman tiles. Interior not inspected.
Rubble stone walls with cast-iron spearhead railings attached to
front, central square gate piers with cast-iron gate, probably all
contemporary with house.

Listing NGR: ST8971660510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544258

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair