Description

NORTH ROAD
(North side)

King Edward's School
and attached balustrade
05/08/75
II

Detached house in own grounds, now school. c1830-1840.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, hipped slate roof with axial stacks and to the returns.
PLAN: Double depth plan with rear wings.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys and basement, five-window range. Moulded coped parapet with stone balustrades over windows, returned moulded cornice, ground floor platband, plinth, banded rustication with radial voussoirs to basement, moulded architraves to six/six-pane sash windows, those to first floor with cornices. Centre stepped forward with full height canted bay and blind balustrading to windows, ends are double stepped forward with pediments on consoles and pierced stone balconies on stone brackets to first floor windows.
INTERIOR: Four-panel doors, moulded architraves with cornices, dado rails, and skirting boards, white marble fireplace to entrance hall.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Stone balustrade approx 30m long and 4m wide encloses terrace to front.

Listing NGR: ST7629765287

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674682

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)