Description

CLARENDON ROAD
5280 0/1147
No 21 (Lynch House)
II
shall be amended to read:-
TQ 5255/1 CLARENDON ROAD
SP1147 No 21 (Lynch House)
- 3.10.86 II

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CLARENDON ROAD
1.
5280
II 0/1147 No 21 (Lynch House)
2.
House. 1899 by Niven and Wigglesworth, in a free late C17 and C18 style. Red
brick in Flemish bond, with rubbed brick dressings. First floor and gable of
left gable end tile-hung. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys and garret. Rear
wing 2 storeys and basement. Moulded rubbed brick string course at impost level
of ground-floor windows. Asymmetrically shaped end gables with moulded brick
coping, and a further shaped gable to left of centre of front elevation. Brick
gable end stacks with moulded cornices. Irregular fenestration of 4 sashes; one
to left and two to right of gable, each comprising three 6-pane sashes separated
by mullions, and one taller 12-pane sash in open box and with blind semi-circular
panel above it under the gable. All first-floor windows have moulded brick
architraves, chamfered brick cills and shaped rubbed brick aprons. Sash under
gable also has a long tapered and corniced keystone above the blind panel, and is
flanked by grey brick diaper work. Deep Diocletion-style windows to ground floor,
with similar keystones and chamfered brick cills. Half-glazed and panelled
double doors under front gable, with moulded rubbed brick architrave and leaded
canopy on scrolled brackets. Broad rear return wing to left with a pair of
shaped brick gables to rear, two 3-light first-floor windows and 2 Diocletian
ground-floor windows with keystones and iron balconettes. Canted bay window. to
ground floor of left side, with panelled base, blind boxes, dentilled wooden
cornice and ogee leaded roof.
Interior: bevelled glass to hall screens. Moulded (18-style cornices to two
ground-floor rooms (one with modillions),landing and four first-floor rooms.
Five C18 style fireplaces. Panelled doors. Staircase with corkscrew balusters,
moulded handrail and scrolled top newel with ball finials.

Listing NGR: TQ5250954824

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26375151

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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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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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014