Description

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ST5672NE HOTWELL ROAD, Hotwells
901-1/13/1453 (North side)
06/09/74 Nos.306 AND 308
Freeland Court
(Formerly Listed as:
HOTWELL ROAD
(North side)
Nos.302-308 (Even))

GV II*

House. Dated 1709 by owner. Stucco with limestone and Pennant
dressings, rendered lateral and party wall stacks and a
pantile hipped roof. L-shaped double-depth plan. Early
Georgian style.
3 storeys and cellar; 5-window range. Built to 2 sides of a
corner with 2:3 windows, the doorway to the right of the
re-entrant; rusticated left-hand pilaster strip, Pennant
rubble strings to each floor and a moulded parapet coping. The
entrance has a 2-pane overlight and 6-panel door. Brick flat
arches with limestone keys to 6/6-pane sashes in exposed
frames. 1-window range in the left return. The rear has a
full-height projecting extension overlapping the party wall
with No.304 (qv), rubble strings, and alternate 6/6 and
12/12-pane sashes. Rear side elevation has stepped first- and
second-floor 6/6-pane stair lights. Extensive vaulted brick
cellars, reported to reach the river. Former coach house
attached to rear (not included).
INTERIOR: a very complete early C18 interior with much
original panelling. Entrance hall with an open-well stair with
column-on-vase balusters, 3 per tread, ramped, moulded rail
and curtail; raised and fielded ground-floor panelling has
cupboards flanking the fireplace with curved shelving and
HL-hinges, cornice and dado and window seats, and shutters;
panelling on the upper floors, and fireplace cupboards with
moulded tops; plain limestone fire surrounds, good cast-iron
hob grates in ground- and first-floor left-hand rooms; rear
left-hand first-floor window has crown glass panes with C18
inscriptions.

Listing NGR: ST5675072536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553125

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)