Description

COLLEGE STREET 1. 1501 (East Side) The Old College SU 7423 3/56 29.7.49. II* 2. Now Council Offices. 1729. 3-storey, 5-window house in Flenish bond of red brick with purple headers. Slightly projecting centre section and angle pilasters. Bands at lst and 2nd floors. Stone cornice and brick parapet with recessed panels. Gauged brick arches to sash windows with glazing bars in flush, box frames. 3 steps to door, (restored) with cornice head and patterned, rectangular fanlight. in moulded architrave under cornice hood on console brackets. Inscription on frieze: "Churcher's College 1729". Similar brickwork to rear but windows of older type with mullioned and transomed leaded casements. 1 storey and attic wings added at either side. Inside a staircase with one spiral turned and one reeded baluster to each tread, ramped handrail and cut string. Panelled staircase wall with reeded pilasters.

Listing NGR: SU7488123601

External Links

• Wikidata Q17533290

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)