Description

HALFORD QUEEN'S STREET SP2545 (West side) 6/102 Gable End 13/10/66 (Formerly listed as St. Cross)

GV II

House. Early/mid C17 with later alterations. Regular coursed limestone rubble. Steeply pitched red tile roof. Brick ridge and end stacks, partly renewed. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys plus attic. Entrance off-centre to right has moulded wood door-frame and plank door. Chamfered wood lintel. To left a 3-light wood casement window. Small C20 window to right. First floor has a 3-light wood casement window. To right a wood casement window with lead cames. Window to left has iron bar. Wood lintels. 2- and 3-light stone mullioned window to right end and facing road have hood moulds and label stops. Windows to rear include a 3-light stone-mullioned window of cavetto section to first floor. Interior: stop-chamfered beams, chamfered joists, inglenook fireplace with bressumer and opening for bread oven. Upper part of wood spiral staircase to loft. Straight flight with quarter-turn staircase. Trenched purlin roof. Lath and plaster partition and cob partition in loft. Stone flag floors. Said to have been used as a butcher's shop in C20 and once to have formed part of Halford Manor.

Listing NGR: SP2594345754

External Links

• Wikidata Q26275338

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)