Description

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SO 75 SE
2/62

LEIGH CP
SHERRIDGE ROAD
Sherridge House

(Formerly listed under SHERRIDGE LANE (off))

29.7.59

II
House. Early C18 with earlier remains and early to mid-C19 alterations. Brick in Flemish bond with limestone dressings and hipped slate roof. Two storeys with attic, six bays. Windows sashed with glazing bars and gauged brick heads. Outer windows on ground floor have C19 stone architraves. A stone portico with five Tuscan columns extends over the other ground floor windows. Door in third bay. Chimney on ridge between fifth and sixth bays. The left hand return wall, facing south-west, is of three bays and has a Venetian sash window with Gothick glazing on the first floor. The right-hand return wall has two three-storey canted bay windows.

Interior not fully inspected. South-western part of house said to contain part of concealed timber-frame. Stair hall contains stair with open string, slim turned balusters, and ramped handrail, which rises to a landing carried on a screen of Tuscan columns.

Listing NGR: SO7717051372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588510

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas