Description

ST 8485-8585
8/130

SHERSTON
HIGH STREET (west side)
No 31 (The Old Balcony House)

12.12.51

GV
II
Row house. Probable medieval origin, rebuilt in the late C17 with
minor late C19 alterations. Squared and coursed dressed stone with
stone dressings and gabled stone slate roof with rear stone stack.
L-shaped plan. Three storeys and attic, 3-window street front.
Central 2-storey projecting porch with balcony which gives the
house its name. Windows to first floor and same level to porch are
ovolo-moulded cross-mullions with casements; 2-light mullions to
outer bays of upper floor with hoodmoulds and central tripartite
casement window giving onto balcony. Two glazed late C19 bays to
ground floor windows either side of porch. Porch has gabled hood
and plank door and 2 keyed oculi to light inner space on side
walls. Further plank door to side passage to right. Moulded
string courses above ground and first floor windows. Further 2-
light mullions to end walls at attic level and to rear range.
Interior. Original butt-purlin, collar beam roof structure to both
ranges and some C17 panelling to first floor passage. Queen Anne
is reputed to have slept in the balcony room in 1705 on her way to
Bath.

Listing NGR: ST8527885811

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274260

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6