Description

ST54SE PILTON CP PERRIDGE HILL (North side)
UPPER WESTHOLME

4/139 Westholme Cottage

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GV II

House. Mid C19. Coursed and squared lias, free-stone dressings, one rendered, one rubble and one ashlar stack, coped
verges with bases for finials, triple Roman tile roof. Archaeologically correct early C17 style. Two storeys and
attics, 1:1:1:1 bays, 2, 3 and 4-light chamfered stone mullioned windows under stopped labels, second and fourth bays
in projecting wings with front facing gables, that to right with a continuous weathered string to ground floor with
shield stops, intials:-"DC, and "EC", to each end. Door opening in left wing in a moulded 4-centred head stone
surround, carved spandrels, emphasised keystone, label with sheild stops and initials:- "RC"; paired ribbed doors with
elaborate strap hinges. Two storey out-shut to left not of special interest. Interior with some small fireplaces in
dressed stone surrounds. Postulated as the dower house to Westholme House for Clarke family.

Listing NGR: ST5743841083

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311058

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)