Description

TM 36 NE YOXFORD HIGH STREET (west side)

10/156 Minsmere House (previously
listed as The Post Office
7.12.66 and Minsmere under The
Street)

GV II

House. C16 to rear; early C17 front range, with early C19 facade. Timber
framed, plastered gable ends, colourwashed brick facade, modern concrete
pantiles. 2 storeys and attic. 3 window range, 3-light casements, cambered
arches, wooden eaves modillion cornice, flat parapet, 3 shallow-pedimented
dormers, internal stack. 2 doorways with inset 6-panel doors, raised and
fielded panels, the left hand doorway with frieze and cornice, the right hand
doorway with pilasters, reeded frieze and cornice; above each doorway is a
Royal Exchange Assurance Co. firemark of 1801-2, probably the date of the
facade. Rear wing with original brick gable end. Some exposed joists to rear
wing; Adam style fireplace to one ground floor room.

Listing NGR: TM3933069178

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26281939

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)