Description

NEEDHAM MARKET HIGH STREET (WEST)
TM 0855

3/99 No.131

9.12.55

- II

Part of District Council offices. Built late C18 as a house for S.A. Maw,
Quaker and banker. Red Brick. Hipped concrete plaintiled roof with wooden
moulded and dentilled cornice masking the gutter. External chimneys of red
brick. 3 storeys. 5 windows. Sash windows with flat arches of orange gauged
brick; some original small-pane sashes, others renewed C19 with large panes.
To left of entrance is a flat-roofed 1-storey bay of C19 with sash windows.
Good original entrance doorway approached by stone steps with wrought iron
railings. 6-panelled door (the lower panels fielded) deeply recessed within
ogee-arched panelled reveals. Above is a fanlight with intersecting tracery.
Portico with Roman Doric columns and pilasters, broken entablature, triangular
pediment and modillioned cornice.

Listing NGR: TM0866355245

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545706

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)