Description

SE 9218-9318 WINTERTON WEST STREET (south side) 9/73 No 53 (The Chains)

GV II

House. Late C18-early C19 with earlier origins, by William Fowler of Winterton. C20 restorations. Coursed limestone rubble and brick, rendered. Slate roof to main section; pantiles to lower section to left. Gothick style. L-shaped on plan, with 2 projecting bays to front and studio/workshop range to rear. Main front comprises 2-storey single-bay section flanked by projecting 3-storey bays jettied-out at first floor level. Single storey and attic range to left. Entrance beneath jettied bay on left. Part-glazed panelled door in architrave with narrow window to left flanked by 1984 temporary brick piers supporting jetty. Jettied bay to right has central projecting support with Tudor-arched recess containing louvred panel, flanked by plastered vaulting supported on plain moulded corbels. Similar vaulting to left bay removed at time of re-survey. Central section has 16-pane sash with shutters beneath pediment and 3-light first floor sliding sash beneath moulded and deeply-coved eaves cornice. Jettied bays have 3-light sliding sashes with glazing bars to each floor. Pitched roof to main central section, hipped to jettied bays. Lateral stacks to jettied bays, end stacks. Lower section to left: single casement, gabled dormer, axial stack. Interior: beamed ceilings; good carved wood Gothick chimneypiece by W. Fowler. William Fowler, 1761-1832, architect, builder and engraver, is chiefly famous for his antiquarian and architectural engravings, for which he received widespread patronage from scholars, gentry and royalty. His son Joseph, 1791-1882, also an architect and builder, lived here after his marriage in 1828. J.T. Fowler, The Correspondence of William Fowler, 1907. N. Pevsner and J Harris, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, 426.

Listing NGR: SE9269318626

External Links

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