Description

LACOCK CHURCH STREET
ST 9168
(north side)
4/44 Nos 8 and 8A
20.12.60
GV II

Two houses, originally one, C14 to C15, altered. Rubble stone with
stone slate roofs. Two storeys, L-plan. Main range, No 8, has
roof-slope stack, fine C14 pointed arched doorway with hoodmould
and head stops and later openings each side. To left a 16-pane
sash in architrave and garage doors, to right triple casement each
floor, the upper window with ovolo mullions and leaded lights. No
8A, slightly recessed has east end stack, first floor ovolo-moulded
timber-mullion 3-light window with leaded lights to left, and C20
timber cross window to right, ground floor left 20-pane fixed
window, centre door and right 40-pane canted shop window on brick
base. Stone slate. hood extends from shop window over door.
Interior: No 8 has remnants of smoke-blackened crucks in roof,
moulded C15 fireplace backing on through passage and C18 fireplace
in left room, No 8A has heavy timbers and fine early C17 stone
upstairs fireplace with fluting and guilloche decoration. Both
houses are heavily modernised.

Listing NGR: ST9161868576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273012

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)