Description

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SP1452
1931-1/7/152

WELFORD-ON-AVON
HIGH STREET (east side)
Compton House

(Formerly Listed as: WELFORD ON AVON, MAIN STREET Compston's Cottage)

06/02/52

GV
II
House. Late C17 or early C18 and later with C20 alterations. Timber-frame with rendered infill on rubble plinth; tile roof with brick rear stack and external end stack. Two unit plan plus single-unit addition to left.

EXTERIOR: Two storeys; two window range. Single-storey with attic, two window, range to left. Entrance with C20 plank door and open gabled porch to left of bay window with hipped roof over 1:3:1-light leaded glazing; two windows to lower part with two light C20 leaded casements; first floor has two windows with two light leaded glazing, old to left and C20 to right, and gabled dormer with two light small-paned casement to left end. Square framing with bracing to attic. Gabled roofs. Right return has large external stack with off-sets; brick left return has segmental-headed window in former entrance and similar first-floor window. Rear has large timber-framed wing.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662859

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)