Description

CHIPPENHAM ST MARY'S PLACE ST 9173 SE (south east side) 3/10005 Numbers 1-7 (consec) and Ruskin Cottage

GV II

House and attached row of 7 cottages. c1850s. Ruskin Cottage of limestone ashlar, others of coursed and dressed limestone; slate and concrete tile roofs, each dwelling with moulded cornicing to end stacks. Ruskin Cottage of double-depth plan; cottages each with parlour to front and rear service wing. Ruskin Cottage of 3 storeys with basement; 2-window first-floor south-west front has horned 6/6-pane and 8/8-pane sashes, with decorative cast-iron first-floor balcony. Nos 1-7 of 2 storeys and each of 2-window first-floor range: plain raised architraves to 6/6-pane first-floor sashes and 3/6-pane ground-floor sashes, with some later C19 and C20 replacements (to Nos 4,5 and 6), and to panelled doors (C20 replacements to Nos 4-6) with overlights. Interiors not inspected. A well-preserved row of workers' housing, built in an area developed for housing and industry after the arrival of the railway in 1840-1 and similar in style to cottages erected for workers at the Rowland. Brotherhood's engineering works - Nos 52-67 Marshfield Road (qv).

Listing NGR: ST9195173533

External Links

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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