Description

ST 8268 BOX CHAPEL LANE

3/38 Byway

GV II

House, C16 and early C17, rubble stone, part ashlar fronted with cement tile roofs. Two storeys, L-plan. Moulded coped west, north and south gables, south rear wall stack. North front, apparently C16 has very small unmoulded 2-light opening, small single light and door in altered surround. West end wall has attic single light with dripstone, first floor 2-light recessed ovolo-moulded window and hoodmould and ground floor C20 window. Range at right angles to north front is ashlar-faced with hollow-moulded recessed mullion windows, 3-light and 2-light above, one 3-light below and door in chamfered surround. First floor dripcourse. Ridge stack. Rear wall of this range has one original 2-light window, 2 C19 casements and casement in frame made up of reused pieces. South end gable has hollow-moulded 2-light attic window, similar 3-light first floor window both with hoodmoulds, and altered ground floor window. Remains of a dripcourse at south-east angle. To left, door in heavily chamfered frame with hood on brackets and window to left with remains of hoodmould. Upper single light and 2-light hollow moulded window. C20 casements throughout. Interior has heavy tie beams and collar trusses to south range and heavy purlins in east range. East range has baffle entry plan with chamfered and stopped spine beams to north-east and south-east rooms. North-east room has flush Tudor-arched stone fireplace with moulded stone shelf. South-east first floor room has flush chamfered shouldered stone fireplace with moulded shelf. Marked on F. Allen map of 1630.

Listing NGR: ST8255168451

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)