Description

SWAFFHAM

TF8208 LONDON STREET
809-1/9/106 (East side)
10/01/51 No.23
Shirley House

GV II

House, now club. c1770, refronted late C20. Red brick; slate
front roof, pantile rear roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys in 5-window range, the centre 3 window
bays broken forward under a pediment. Central 6-panelled door,
the centre 2 panels glazed. Timber doorcase of engaged Doric
columns with block entablatures and an open pediment. 5-vaned
fanlight. Fenestration throughout of 2/2 horned sashes under
gauged skewback arches, except for 2 ground-floor left-hand
1/2 sashes. Modillion eaves cornice. Blind oculus in original
pediment. Pitched roof rising to a central flat, formerly
gabled, with internal gable end stacks. A brick front was
added to that existing late C20, but the central pediment
section remains. Mostly 2/2 sashes to rear under gauged brick
lintels.
INTERIOR: altered: ground-floor south rooms opened into
continuous space for bar area. Stick-baluster staircase with
ramped and wreathed handrail. 6-panel doors and C18 fireplace.

Listing NGR: TF8203308738

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559745

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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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  For the Record