Description

THE CLOSE
1.
1594
Nos 35 & 35A
(Formerly listed as No 35)
SU 1429 NW 3/30 28.2.52.
II* GV

2.
C16 and probably earlier. Altered C18 and C19. 2 storeys and attic. Steep
hipped old tile roof. North front: brick with some stone rubble in chimney
and flint work in lower parts of wall. Irregular stone mullioned casements
with small barred lights, one C18 sash window and 2 wood casements. Half gable
with chimney to left of centre. Door of 4 flush panels, flat hood on shaped
brackets. The south front altered C18 and later with rendered facing. Irregular
fenestration with 2 half octagon superimposed bays flanking C19 canted bay
window on 1st floor to right of centre. Half octagon bay to left has tiled
gable. Outer bays have 3 light windows, one other window to left, and early
C18 window to left of centre on 1st floor. Some with glazing bars intact.
Large 4 light leaded casement (C19?) under C19 bay window and 6 panel door,
partly glazed, in plain frame to right of centre with flanking pilasters and
flat hood on cut brackets. Picturesque building.

All the listed buildings in the Close form a group.

Listing NGR: SU1421129656

Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)