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TF 3287
2/4

WESTGATE (south side)
No 25 (Thornton House)

2.11.54.

GV
II*
Later C18. Five storey brick house standing gable end to road; shallow pitched slate roof. Entrance front, west, two three storey segmental bays, three-light hung sash windows. The central section is slighty recessed and has a semi-circular arched head reaching to the eaves cornice. The central windows, second floor wide architrave with segmental head; first floor architrave with two consoles and cornice. Central entrance, two reeded columns, triangular pediment broken over semi-circular head of doorway, plain reveals, panelled door. A continuous band links the cills of first floor windows of the west front and north end. The eaves cornice is also carried on and with a moulding on the gable forms a pediment above the north (road) end. In the road end are two windows to each floor, sash in wide wooden cases flush with the wall face, flat arched heads. The right hand ground floor window is a bow of similar proportions to those on the west front. Two chanelled stone gate piers, brick wall.

Nos 25, 29 to 31 (odd), Westgate House, The Limes and Nos 43 to 47 (odd) form
a group.

Listing NGR: TF3244887239

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548854

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)