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656-1/31/1765

VINEYARDS
No.13 and attached railings

(Formerly Listed as: THE VINEYARDS Nos.11-19 (Consec))

12/06/50

GV
II
House, now flats. c1765-1775, possibly raised C19. Developed by Thomas Omer.

MATERIALS: render with ashlar dressings to front, rubble and coursed squared stone to basement and render to left side above adjoining house, painted brick and ashlar to rear, double pile parapeted roof, mansard to rear, hipped to right, Welsh Slate to front, artificial slate to rear, with coped gable wall to left with single large ashlar stack. Staircase to rear.

EXTERIOR: four storeys and basement, two-window front. First floor has two nine/nine horned sashes in splayed ovolo moulded architraves lengthened and with sills cut out of band course over ground floor, second floor has two six/six sashes in splayed ovolo moulded architraves with continuous stone sill with rendered apron. Ground floor has two six/six sashes in splayed reveals with continuous stone sill to left, to right six-panel door with fielded and single glazed panels with C19 cast iron knocker with one Pennant step in pedimented Tuscan doorcase with swept ends to frieze with narrow pediment. Two Pennant steps to crossover. Basement has six/six sash and nine-pane glazed door with three-pane overlight in plain reveals. Rusticated quoins to left and right angles, band courses over ground floor and first floor, moulded cornice and coped parapet with four dies. Rear elevation has plate glass sashes, three storey rear wing has quatrefoil, pointed and trefoil-headed openings.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

HISTORY: built on land formerly the property of Hayne family from 1638 when Thomas Hayne bought it from William Snygge; passed by inheritance to Charles Hayne 1750 who cleared it of a mortgage and other encumbrances; in 1755 plans to sell Vineyards to Thomas Omer for building reached advanced stage but not finally realised until indenture of 26 February 1755, Charles Hayne to Thomas Omer, Gent, and Thomas Jelly, Carpenter, his trustee, sold Vineyards for building at yearly rent of £50. Belmont constructed on west edge of same ground.

The plot on which the present Vineyards terrace is built is referred to by the name ‘Vineyards’ (or similar archaic variants) throughout its documented history, though it is uncertain when its use for growing vines ceased. Row to north of Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel originally called Harlequin Row because of unusual use of brick and stone in construction. This was the architect Thomas Fuller's office in 1857.

Listing NGR: ST7503465395

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q66480491

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)