Description

WANTAGE CHALLOW ROAD SU3988 (South side) 6/52 Framland 03/12/69 GV II

House. 1862 by James Brooks, for Judge J. Mackonockie. Flemish bond red brick with limestone ashlar bands and dressings; old tile roof with crested ridge tiles; brick stacks. L-plan. Early French Gothic style influenced by Viollet-le-Duc's "Dictionnaire", 2 storeys; 2-window range. Asymmetrical gables to front with recessed porch in right gable wall; pointed hood mould and pointed brick and ashlar tympanum over chamfered segmental arched doorway to porch, which has chamfered pointed arch over plank door with decorative hinges. Similar tympanum arches over casements to right and horned sashes to left with 2 sashes over divided by column with foliate capitals. Gabled roof; front and rear lateral stacks. Similar style to sides and rear, shouldered heads to some windows. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SU3908888114

External Links

• Wikidata Q26478166

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)