Description

SIBSON-CUM-STIBBINGTON WANSFORD
TL 0699
LONDON ROAD
(West Road)
9/144 No. 16 (The Old
House) and rear
13.12.57 boundary wall
GV II
House and rear boundary wall. 1848 for the Duke of Bedford's steward.
Dressed limestone rubble with freestone and ashlar dressings. Welsh slated
roofs. Ashlar gable end stacks. Two storeys with attic and cellars, rear
addition c.1850 completing double pile plan. Symmetrical facade of three
bays; entrance with pilastered stone architrave and three-block rustication
to round-headed arch; four-panelled door with patterned round headed
fanlight. Ashlar plinth continuous around two, two storey bay windows with
chamfered reveals and nine-paned hung sash windows. Central blind window
above entrance with moulded cornice. Two C20 casement dormer windows. Cast
iron boot scraper beside entrance. Interior details C19, original plan
slightly altered to rear. Unattributed plans, similar in detail,in Bedford
Estate records, Bedford R.O.

Listing NGR: TL0754499015

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564301

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)