Description

WANTAGE CHURCH STREET
SU3987NE (South side)
9/68 No.19 (Vale and Downland
03/12/69 Museum Centre)

GV II

House, now museum Centre. C17, remodelled c.1780 by Lawrence Hazell (datestone
over first-floor window). Originally timber-framed with square timber framing
and wattle and daub infill to side and rear right. Flemish bond brick with
flared headers; old tile roof; brick stack. Original 3-unit lobby-entry plan. 2
storeys; 4-window range. Late C19 gabled porch, timber-framed with herringbone
brick infill; door blocked, present entry in C20 extension to left; 2-light
leaded window in left side wall. Gauged brick flat arches over late C18 sashes
and 3 mid C19 horned sashes to left. Half-hipped roof; ridge stack. C20
extensions to left and rear. Interior: Room to right has chamfered and stopped
beam, original joists, chamfered bressumer over chalk open fireplace;
collar-truss with clasped purlins to right.

Listing NGR: SU3970787844

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300696

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)