Description

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SO 8449-8549
9/33

KEMPSEY CP
MAIN ROAD (east side)
No 68

(Formerly listed as No 68 (Melbury House), WORCESTER ROAD (east side))

25.3.68

II
House. Early to mid-C19. Stucco with slate roof. Gothick style. Two storeys, two bays. Facade flanked by pilaster strips with tracery panels. Band of Tudor arches separated by pendant bosses below eaves. Verandah over ground floor with iron supports. Right-hand bay has timber canted bay window on ground floor. First floor windows have Tudor-arched heads with hoodmoulds, a timber mullion which branches to form Y-tracery, and a transom. Glazed with margin panes. Door, in left-hand bay, has Gothick mouldings and a fanlight within a Tudor-arched head. Chimney near centre of ridge.

Listing NGR: SO8523549237

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632558

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Staffordshire (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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)