Description

WELLS

ST5445 PORTWAY
662-1/5/192 (West side)
12/11/53 No.7
Portway House

GV II

House in row, set back from adjacent properties and slightly
set down from street level. Early C19 with late C19 extension
and alteration to front. Rendered and colourwashed, double
Roman clay tiled roof with abutment to south, plain gable to
north, with ornamental clay tile ridge, brick chimney stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics, 1+3 bays, of which bay 1
projects slightly. Plain sash windows in plain surrounds,
paired at both levels bays 2 and 4. Entrance in bay 3, with
6-panel door having plain architrave and pediment hood on
console brackets. Flat-roofed dormers with 4-pane casements
over bays 2, 3 and 4. A ridge stack between bays 1 and 2
suggests that this bay was a later addition to the original
symmetrical front; there is a further stack to the right
gable.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The house probably built in isolation just outside the limits
of the town, later enclosed by Victorian development.

Listing NGR: ST5449845657

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663032

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2