Description

LENTEN STREET
1.
5236
(North Side)
No 25
William Curtis House).
Formerly listed as
No 25 (Brooklands)]
SU 7139 2/45 13.3.51.
II GV
2.
C17 and C18. 2 storeys plus attic; 3 bays. Brick; tiled roof hipped at one end.
Ground floor with central entrance with pedimented doorcase and flanking flush
windows. Moulded brick band at 1st floor level to right-hand part of facade.
1st floor with 3 flush windows. Eaves cornice. 2 hipped dormer windows in the
roof. To the left an early C19 single-bay extension. The return on the right
of 3 bays, the central one with a modern projection that partly obscures the initials
and date NG (17)02 in vitreous bricks. The upper windows are wood cross-windows.
Inside, some timber framing and a C17 staircase with simple contemporary plaster
ceiling. Birthplace of William Curtis, botanist, in 1746.

Nos 11 and 13, Nos 13A, 15 (at the rear) 15A, 17, No 21, No 23 (Weybourne House)
and No 25 (William Curtis House) together with Nos 6 to 14 (even), No 16 (Lenten
House) and No 16A on opposite side form a group.

Listing NGR: SU7148039367

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26386492

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)