Description

1.
944 ST DUNSTAN'S STREET
(South West Side)

No 71
(House of Agnes Hotel)
TR 1458 SW 1/117 3.12.49.

II* GV

2.
A C16 timber-framed house with a plastered front, the ground floor rebuilt
in brick (painted). 3 storeys and 3 gables. The 1st and 2nd floors overhang
on a moulded bressumer and in the case of the 2nd floor also carved brackets.
In the C18 a curved pediment has been added over the lower bressumer., above
the doorway like a hood. 3 windows. Casement windows on the 2nd floor. Late
C17 bay windows with round-headed centres on the 1st floor. 2 C18 bay windows
on the ground floor. Doorcase in moulded frame. The rear elevation is faced
in brick with gable extension. The interior has exposed beams and panelling.
This was the inspiration for Charles Dickens' description of the House of
Agnes Wickfield in "David Copperfieid".

Nos 67 to 81 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TR1444458179

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557200

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)