Description

BALCHIN'S LANE, WESCOTT
1.
1049
Churtgate House
TQ 14 NW 6/82 28.11.51.

II

2.
(Also known as Church Gate House).
L-shaped house. The oldest portion is probably the east wing which dates
from the late C16 or early C17. Sandstone rubble with a gable having a
pentice on its west side. Round-headed doorway beneath the pentice with
brick pilasters and cornice. The space above the doorway is also brick.
Chimney breast of brick and stone rubble on the east wall. 2 storeys.
1 window. To the west is a red brick addition of the mid-late C17.
2 storeys and attic. 2 windows. 2 hipped dormers. Stringcourse above
each floor. Tiled roof and 3-light casement windows with diamond-shaped
leaded panes to the whole. At the extreme west end is a further, modern
addition of 1 window bay with a gable over. Also modern wing behind to
the north. Photograph in NMR.

Listing NGR: TQ1326648414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26280041

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)