Description

TOWCESTER WATLING STREET WEST SP6948 13/183 No.157 01/12/51

GV II*

House. Mid C18. Ironstone ashlar to street, C20 plain-tile roofs, brick end stacks. 2-unit central-staircase plan. 3-storey, 5-window range. Central 6-panel door with fanlight and painted moulded stone surround and moulded stone cornice. 12-pane sashes with moulded stone sills and segmental-arched heads with keyblocks to ground, first and attic floors. Plinth, painted limestone storey bands, deep moulded limestone cornice and plain stone-coped parapet. Central bay and strips either end break forward slightly. 2-storey brick extension to rear with catslide roof. Single-storey wing to rear left. Interior has fine closed well staircase with turned balusters from ground floor to attic; half cellar in well. Stone cellar. One original veined marble chimneypiece with fluted keyblock. Eared wood fireplace surround in upper room. Fitted cupboard with shaped shelves. Some panelled dados.

Listing NGR: SP6936248581

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