Description

AVETON GIFFORD ROCK HILL
SX 64 NE
4/28 Hillside Rest Home
GV II
Detached house on steep hill slope. Early C19. Rubble, slate roof to clay
ridge, 2 brick gable stacks. Three storeys, 2 wide-spaced windows, 16-pane
sashes to cambered brick heads, but ground floor right has 2-light glazing bar
casement to flat brick arch, to right of C20 glazed door in gabled hood on
rustic poles. Gables plain. Back has flat-roofed full-width extension with
flat roof, not of special interest; at second floor level are two 2-light
glazing bar casements in slate hung wall. To left of front a single storey
extension in rubble, asbestos-cement roof, with 3 plank doors, perhaps a former
donkey house; small light at eaves. To the right a short section of wall
connecting with outhouse to Auton (q.v.), with wide plank door and large cast
iron decorative knocker. Across the front of the house a series of steps to the
hill slope.

Listing NGR: SX6939747475

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401953

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)