Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE KING STREET
736-1/10/129 (West side)
16/12/74 No.14
Brent House

GV II

House, now a doctors' surgery. Early/mid C19. Flemish-bond
brick, stone cills and cill band to first floor, slate roof
with brick stacks to right gable end and close to left gable
end. Double-depth plan.
2 stories with basement; 5-window range. Flat gauged brick
arches to windows, those to the first floor are 3/6-pane
sashes (that to left of centre is blind); three 6/6-pane
sashes to ground floor above 3 segmental brick arches and
stone cills to semi-basement. Between the windows are 2 large
semicircular door openings, double-stepped gauged brick with
painted-over traceried fanlights; 2 fixed panels over double
doors each of which has one raised-and-fielded panel to the
top and 2 reeded panels below. To far left a slightly
set-forward range level with the brick plinth, flat gauged
brick arch to C20 door with sunk panel well above it.
Rear: the first floor has five 3/6-pane sash windows; below
outer 2 windows are single-storey flat-roofed gazebos with
curved inner corners which have moulded architraves to
hemispherical-topped niches facing the courtyard. Between them
ground floor has 2 full-height 6/9-pane sash windows flanking
a wide elliptical arch with painted-over traceried fanlight to
C20 door. A trellised swept verandah roof with metal scalloped
edge over frieze of ovals has fine paired cast-iron trellis
supports with diamond patterns to the verticals and 3 wide
elliptical arches with sun-ray pattern to the spandrels.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST2999837020

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586061

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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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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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)