Description

1. BATH ROAD 5127 (north side)

No 2 (The Chestnuts) SU 4667 NE 3/10 29.9.50

II*

2. Early-mid C18 house, style of James Clarke of Newbury (Master Builder). The date 1720 appears on the roof; some of the chimneys bear the date 1740. Two storeys and attic. Symmetrical south front with 5 windows. Hipped with moulded brick stacks. Multi-coloured stock brick with red brick dressings. Giant pilasters on quoins carry entablature. Slightly projecting, pedimented 3 bay centre. Two pediments dormer sashes flanking pediment. Round-arched lunette with radial glazing in pediment Gauged, segmental-arches to recessed sash windows with glazing bars. Prostyle Doric portico with pediment; architraved, segmental arched doorway with fanlight with margin lights and raised and fielded panel door. Good interior with later alterations. Panelled dado and enriched plaster cornices. Mid C18 dog-leg stair- case with open string, curved brackets, turned balusters, swept handrail and column newels. Original oak roof structure with diagonal trusses. (Newbury Scrap Book (1970) 215).

Listing NGR: SU4687767683

External Links

• Wikidata Q17553123

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