Description

LEOMINSTER

SO4959 CHURCH STREET 808-1/1/100 (North side) 24/07/54 The Forbury (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET (North side) Little Forbury. The Forbury.)

GV II*

House, now residential home. Mid C18. Brick; twin-span Welsh slate roof; 2 brick central stacks, and stack to right rear. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and cellar; 7-window range, 5 in advanced central bay: late C19 two/two sashes under gauged brick flat arches with stone keyblocks; 2/2 sashes over; coved stone pediment with bullseye window in raised gauged brick architrave with 4 stone keyblocks; rusticated stucco quoins. Central entrance: 8-fielded-panel door in wood doorcase with moulded and modillioned segmental pediment and frieze on fluted pilasters; flanked by 2/2 sashes; to left, C19 four-fielded-panel door and plain overlight in stucco case, and casement in altered opening; to right, late C19 plain sash. Right returned side: four 6/6 sashes in moulded cases under gauged brick flat arches; storey band; 3/6 sash and 2 late C19 2/2 sashes, to right in gable of rear range; returned eaves-detail. Late C19 canted bay with 1/1: 2/2: 1/1 sashes, and large 6/6 sash under gauged brick flat arch, to ground floor. Rear (north) front: 5-window range: central 12/9 light flanked by 6/6 sashes; gauged brick flat arches; storey band; moulded and modillioned wood cornice and pediment with oval light and 2 inserted casements; entrance to centre left: C19 half-glazed double doors, with entablature and attached columns; 3 large 6/6 sashes and blocked circular light; gauged brick flat arches; storey band; stucco quoins. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO4973059176

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014