Description

ST 86 NW BOX MIDDLEHILL

2/194 Middlehill House

GV II

House, c1830-40 recasing of mid C18 building, ashlar fronted with
hipped broad-eaved slate roof. Plain tiles to earlier roofs
visible to rear. Two storey and attic, square plan. Front range
has paired octagonal stacks to right end of ridge, 3 later flat
dormers and 3-window front range, upper floor painted. First floor
band. Windows are sashes, with thick centre bar giving effect of
paired sashes with margin lights. Ground floor windows are in
chamfered surrounds. Broad central elliptical arched doorway with
traceried fanlight over half-glazed double-doors and narrow lights
each side. Large lean-to 8-bay iron verandah with glazed roof
continued in 5 bays along west front. West front has 2-window
range of similar windows, first floor right is false and ground
floor right is French window with overlight. Cluster of 3
octagonal stacks on ridge. East front is raised to match, with
eaves roof, but irregular fenestration. From rear it is apparent
that part of front range is refacing of mansard-roofed house with
central rear stair tower and paired mansard-roofed rear wings, one
side refaced and heightened as east front, the other side concealed
behind west range.

Listing NGR: ST8158769060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645412

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)