Description

CORSHAM CHURCH STREET ST 8770 5/97 No 6 (Ethelred House) 20.12.60 GV II

House, c1760, ashlar fronted with stone-tiled mansard valley roof, coped gables and end wall stacks. Basement and 3 storeys. Three- window range. Formal south front with high plinth, band, first floor sill course, modillion cornice and parapet. Upper 9-pane windows in architraves. First floor 12-pane sashes in architraves with cornices. Ground floor 8-12-8-pane Venetian windows with architraves flanking slightly recessed Ionic pedimented doorcase with columns on pedestals and 4 steps up to fielded 6-pane door in elliptical arched surround with intersecting glazing bar fanlight. Two small basement windows. One-window range to west end return, 6-pane attic window and 8-pane windows below. East end wall has first floor 12-pane sash in raised bead-moulded surround with dripstone and 9-pane attic window in similar surround. Two-window range to rear and rear wing with ashlar east front, 9-pane attic window, 12-pane first floor and two 18-pane ground floor windows. At west end is rubble stone 2-storey earlier range with eaves band, 4-light upper mullion window, outer lights blank, ground floor 2- light mullion window, originally 3-light, under relieving arch and broad elliptical carriage arch to left in raised rusticated surround. Rear has 2-light window to each floor and door in moulded doorcase. Interior: ground floor east room has modillion cornice, panelled dado and original fireplace. Closed string stair to rear with turned balusters and column newels.

Listing NGR: ST8731970561

External Links

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