Description

ST7219 HENSTRIDGE CP VALE STREET (North side)

10/103 Sundial House and Sundial Cottage

II

Pair cottages. Probably both C18. Local stone coursed rubble; asbestos cement slate roof; brick chimney stacks. 2
storeys; 4 bays of which Little Sundial represents bay 1. 3-light casements with timber lintol to bay 1, with
part-glazed door under pitched metal roof hood to right; remainder has 16-pane sash windows above and 4-pane sashes
below, all under timber lintols; below in bay 3 a part glazed door in timber lattice porch with metal bell-hip roof;
between window upper bays 3 and 4 a plaque with painted sundial, probably C18. Interior contains four late C18-early
C19 wall paintings reported to have been made by Napoleonic prisoners of war. In the entrance hall the printing depicts
a couple sitting at a table being entertained. In the front right-hand room in the fireplace alcove there is a small
painting of a military officer on horseback. In the front left-hand room there are two half life-size figures of a man
and woman in period costume.

Listing NGR: ST7246719907

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26647952

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)