Description

TR 03 NE MERSHAM THE STREET
(east side)

7/157 Newhouse
13.10.52
GV
II*

House. Early C18 with C17 core. Red and blue brick and ragstone,
with plain tiled roof. Two storeys, attic and basement with ragstone
plinth, plat band and moulded wooden modillion eaves cornice to hipped
roof with 2 gabled and central segmental dormer and stacks to end left
and to right. Regular fenestration of 7 glazing bar sashes on first
floor and 6 on ground floor with 2 segmentally headed basement openings
to left (with blank panel between them). Central glazed door with
rectangular fanlight with moulded architrave and segmental pediment
on console brackets and 4 moulded steps. Single storey extension to
left with modillion eaves cornice and gauged oval windows (early C20?).
Rear elevations: red brick in part in English bond, on ragstone
plinth. Plinth, plat and brick eaves cornice to hipped roof with 3
gabled dormers. Lozenge-set stack to left and stacks to left and
projecting at end right. Irregular fenestration of mixed glazing
bar sashes and wooden casements. 8 bays in all, with central door
of 4 panels in Doric pedimented doorcase. Panelling and contemporary
staircase reported internally.

Listing NGR: TR0545039970

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556752

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House