Description

GOUDHURST HIGH STREET
TQ 7237-7337 (south side)

15/195
20.6.67 Fountain House (formerly
listed as Burgess's
Stores, the east end of
premises)

GV II
House and shops. Early C19 exterior to earlier structure. Timber-framed and
roughcast with applied close-studded framework, with painted ground floor. Plain
tiled roof. Three storeys (originally 2 storeys and basement), with stacks to
centre left and projecting at end right. Two 3 light and central 2 light leaded
casements on top floor, with 2 light and 3 light on 1st floor, and canted plate
glass bay to left, with panelled door at end left and flight of 7 steps. Base-
ment/ground floor with 3 light central casement, and early C19 canted multi-pane
bay, with half-glazed doors to centre left, and to centre right with gabled hood.
Traditionally claimed to be a cloth hall in origin.

Listing NGR: TQ7226137753

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586491

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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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)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)