Description

SJ 3490 NW
52/1022

RUMFORD PLACE, L3

Nos. 6 and 8
No. 10 (Nautilus House)

13.9.82

II

Office building. c.1840. Stucco to ground floor and brick
with, exposed above,with stone dressings, slate roof. 3
storeys and 9 bays. All windows are tripartite sashes with
glazing bars on ground and 2nd floors. Central rusticated
cart entrance with pilasters and entablature. Parapet and
cornice, sill bands between floors. 1st floor windows have
marginal glazing bars only, and central window, with
pediment, end windows with cornices on brackets. 2nd floor
has 10 windows. Included for historical reasons as the
headquarters of James Dunwoody Bulloch the Confederate Agent
who commissioned Confederate Cruisers to be built in
England, mainly on Merseyside under the cover of the
Southern Cotton Commissioners. The most famous of these
ships was the CSS Alabama. This building was in effect the
Confederate Embassy in England.

Listing NGR: SJ3400990635

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580493

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)