Description

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5362
SJ 7419 1/69
SJ 7419 3/69

CHETWYND END
(East Side)
Castle House School

II

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Formerly known as Merevale. Late C18 with early C19 and modern alterations.
Irregular, and may originally have consisted of 3 separate houses. Red brick,
engraved stucco and painted stone; stone plinth; 2 storeys plus attic and
3 storeys; sash and casement windows with some inserted modern casements;
stuccoed wing on left-hand side has projecting splayed bay with sash window
in plain architrave with triple keyblock, a late C19 splayed bay window to
ground storey, a semi-circular tripartite window to 2nd storey and the whole
surmounted by shaped gable with scrolled cartouche and segmental pediment.
Brick wing to right has 2 slightly projecting bays, that at left with stone-coped
gable having re-used human head kneelers, also casement window in stuccoed
scrolled surround. Bay on right-hand side has window with early C19 'Y' glazing
bars and wood balcony with slat balusters, and shaped gable surmounted by
segmental pediment; modern doorway added on left and, to left again, a recessed
doorway flanked by half-round Tuscan pilasters, and door with good C19 coloured
glazing. Corbelled eaves; tiles.

Listing NGR: SJ7441719497

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306062

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living