Description

TA 1001-1101
9/55
1-11-66

CAISTOR
GRIMSBY ROAD
(South Side)
No 2, Tower House (formerly listed under High Street)

G.V.
II

House, early C19, stucco with stucco dressings, hipped slate roof
with 2 ridge stucco stacks. 2 storey 3 bay front with first
floor band, cornice band and slightly overhanging eaves. The
outer 2 bays are bowed and slightly advanced through both
storeys. Central 6 panelled door with upper pair of panels
glazed and panels decorated with rectangles with scalloped
angles, traceried fanlight. Covered by an open porch supported
on detached circular Tuscan columns and to either side similar
half columns. Columns support plain frieze and entablature.
Flanked by single glazing bar sashes to full height with plain
surrounds and simple cornices supported on slender scrolled
brackets to either side. On the first floor are 3 glazing bar
sashes. All windows have notably slender glazing bars, original
glass and shutters. Interior has moulded skirting, architraves
and doors,marble fireplace with brass roundels at the angles and
a second with fluted columns to either side. Right facade to
Grimsby Road has 4 bays on the ground floor with cornices and
brackets and on the first floor 4 glazing bar sashes, all
original.

Listing NGR: TA1194901394

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26642030

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)