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TM1473 CASTLE STREET 585-1/7/53 (South side) 15/06/51 No.52 Stayer House (Formerly Listed as: CASTLE STREET (South side) Sayer House)

GV II*

House. Medieval hall house to front extended in late C16 into surviving timber-framed rear range running north-south. Block in south-east angle added c1650. Hall house replaced in mid C18 with brick front range, itself refronted c1820. Single storey banking hall constructed against east return early C19. (Whitewashed brick laid in Flemish bond to front, timber-frame to rear). Red and black-glazed pantiled roof to front range, plaintiles to rear wing. EXTERIOR: facade of 2 storeys. 5-window range. 6-panelled central door with Y-traceried fanlight. Projecting porch on two pairs of Ionic columns supporting plain entablature. Two 6/6 unhorned sashes right and left. First floor with five 3/6 unhorned sashes, the centre window with an arched head. Double modillion eaves cornice below plain parapet partly concealing twin hipped roofs. 2 stacks in centre valley. Banking hall under hipped slate roof: tall 3-light casement with glazing bars to north, doorway in east return. Rear wing of 2 storeys. West side is a 7-window range. Exposed studwork. Fenestration of 2-light and 3-light leaded casements, most with hood moulds. 2 eastern framing bays converted to external loggia. Gabled roof with internal gable-end stack to north. South gable wall of brick, against which is a single-storey lean-to. East face of this wing has a brick ground floor. INTERIOR: between rear wing and front block remains arched exterior door of former hall house. Front block. North room with bolection-moulded fireplace and 6-panelled doors. Rear room with marble fireplace with Ionic columns, re-sited mid C20. Closed-string early C19 staircase with stick balusters and ramped handrail. Rear first-floor east room with domed ceiling plastered over flat in late C20. C17 south-east block in angle with two principal ranges has a sunk-quadrant moulded bridging beam. Former banking hall converted to kitchen during World War II. Rear wing. Ground floor opened into one large room. Frame with chamfered principal posts with splayed tops supporting chamfered bridging beams. Wide fireplace with plain

bressumer. Clasped purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TM1481373716

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House