Description

HOLYWELL-CUM-NEEDINGWORTH HIGH STREET
1.
5140
(east side)
Needingworth
TL 37 SW 7/5 24.10.51 No 85 (The Chestnuts)
II* GV
2.
Dated plaque H.T.A. 1710. Originally a farmhouse with slightly later cross-wing to
left hand and similar rear extension to right hand. Two-storeys with attics. Local
red brick with yellow brick in chequered band between floors of main range. Plain
tile hipped roofs, moulded eaves cornice with modillions to cross-wing. Two side
stacks and central ridge stack. Four flat-roofed dormers with horizontal sliding sash
windows with glazing bars. Three first floor hung sash windows with glazing bars, and
two similar windows in segmental arches at ground-floor, flank central six panelled
door. Doorcase of panelled pilasters with scroll brackets supporting the cornice
of a triangular pediment. Two recessed hung sash windows at both floor levels of
cross-wing in gauged brick arches with key blocks. Gauged brick band between floors.
Interior: Very fine closed string staircase with turned balusters, of symmetrical
plan with first flight free standing. Original raised and fielded six panelled doors,
chimney pieces and raised and fielded oak panelling to dado height in room left of
staircase.
(RCHM Huntingdonshire Mon 24 p 142).

Listing NGR: TL3450072314

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544296

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)