Description

LYDDINGTON MAIN STREET
SP 8697-8797
(west side)
8/84
Nos 55 and 57.
GV II

Two houses, rear wing formerly reading room and fire station. Early C19
remodelling of earlier building, incorporating some C17 fragments. Coursed
ironstone rubble, Welsh slate roof, flanking brick chimneys. L-plan. 2 storeys,
4 bays to front. 3-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars and
wooden lintels, 5 to first floor, ground floor left altered C20. C20 half-glazed
door between left bays, central C20 door in moulded stone surround with 4-centred
arch. Blocked doorways between right bays and adjacent to window in second bay.
Later rear wing incorporates wide doorway with moulded stone surround, 4-centred
arch and large renewed keyblock. Interior: third bay has stop-chamfered
fireplace lintel, ogee moulded spine beam with central fillet (similar to that in
No 4, The Green), and cavetto moulded side beams.

Listing NGR: SP8747797107

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555105

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)