Description

869/0/10064 THE SQUARE
11-JUL-02 5-6

GV II

Pair of houses, converted into dispensary; now offices. Circa late C18; converted into dispensary 1875; converted into offices 1983. Stuccoed. Clay plain tile hipped roof behind parapet. Rendered end stacks.
PLAN: Pair of 3-bay houses, converted into dispensary and later into offices.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and cellar. 3:3 bay south front with moulded string courses and moulded cornice and blocking course, rusticated quoins; 4-pane sashes with keyblocks; two C20 dormers. North front similar, but with tripartite ground floor sashes in rusticated architraves, first floor windows in moulded architraves, centre right blocked and doorway to left with panelled door.
INTERIOR remodelled in 1983 as offices, but retaining servants' winder stairs at west end with stick balusters.
NOTE: This pair of late Georgian houses was converted in 1875 into The Winchester Provident Dispensary and the interior remodelled as offices in 1983.
Externally, an imposing pair of late C18 houses and in spite internal alterations the exterior has considerable townscape and group value in the centre of Winchester facing the Cathedral.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26314583

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (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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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version