Description

SX 86 NW IPPLEPEN EAST STREET (north side), Ipplepen
2/133 The Elms
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18.10.85
- II
Villa. Mid C19 classical style. Stucco walls and brick stacks which have moulded
caps. Hipped slate roof with projecting graduated eaves.
Double depth plan with central stairhall and large principal room either side to
front with smaller service rooms probably at rear.
2 storeys. 5-bay symmetrical front with gabled centre bay. Painted and plastered
archway with Corinthian pilasters rising full height on quoins of entrance floor.
Recessed original 12-pane sash windows to first floor with glazing bars and panelled
pilasters carrying cornices; outer bay windows have sidelights; round arched
central window with bay. Architraved ground floor windows with segmented pediments;
outer bays with splayed bay windows. Projecting central porch with round-arched
architrave flanked by console brackets. Arcaded conservatories on left and right
ends of house : right-hand one is late C20 reconstruction. Late C19 extensions and
additions at the rear. Arched Gothic staircase window with geometric tracery.
Interior contains original chimneypieces, cornices and joinery.

Listing NGR: SX8404766790

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618840

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)