History

Built in the early C19 as a coach house and stables, and shown at the rear of the house on the 1829 town plan.

Exterior

An outbuilding of whitened rubble stone and monopitched slate roof. On the L side is a boarded door with horizontal-sliding small-pane sash window (the L-hand sash missing and boarded over) on its L side under a single lintel. To the centre and R are 2 pairs of boarded doors under timber lintels. Further R is a lower extension brought forward, of rubble stone and monopitched asbestos-cement roof. To the L is a boarded door, then a small-pane horizontal-sliding sash window beneath the eaves and a blocked door, beyond which it extends to the rear of No 3.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a stables and coach house retaining C19 character and for its contribution to the setting of the house, which is part of a short, well-preserved terrace that makes an important contribution to the historical integrity of Townsend.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29506571

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings