Description

TL 4196 MARCH WEST END
(North Side)

23/49 No. 38
13. 3.51

II*

House. Dated 1626, extended early C19. Local red brick, English bond with
low pitch early C19 roof of slate. The kneelers of the 1626 gable end
parapet with cut and moulded brickwork are visible at the front right hand.
End stacks, the one to the left hand projects and also has cut and moulded
brickwork. Two storeys. Front wall has typical thickening of the ground
floor wall. Three casements, C20 at first floor. Stone with date 1626 in
front wall. Central doorway with C19 raised and fielded panelled door with
two small glazed upper panels. Inside: One ground floor room has ovolo
moulded joists and particularly fine carving to the soffits of two main
beams. The main beam nearest the river is carved with stylised foliage and
three male and female mask heads. The other has grotesque heads and
fantastic animals. Another room has C18 raised and fielded panelling to the
dado and late C18, shouldered fireplace surround with frieze of festoons and
in the centre a pastoral scene of a shepherd, dog and sheep. In the original
rear wall of the 1626 house there are two four-light ovolo mullion windows
with iron saddle bars. One window has had two mullions removed. The
staircase dates from the extension in early C19, open-string with turned
newel, square section balusters and scroll tread ends.

Listing NGR: TL4136396820

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543828

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Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House