Listing Text

SX 99 NE BROADCLYST NEWBUILDINGS,
Broadclyst
9/114 Nos. 1, 2 and 3
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11.11.52
GV II

Block of houses. 1870-1. Rendered red sandstone under gabled-end roof with
synthetic red tiles; unrendered sandstone rear extensions containing workshops and
privies. 2 storeys with attics, and axial stacks with brick shafts.
Front: central separately gabled projection, eaves (with fascia) brought down a
little lower than flanking range, with 2 windows to each floor, all with sashes, and
2-light casement window in gable wall; one window to each floor of main range, 2
lights, 6 panes per light. One 2-light casement window to gable wall at either end.
All sash and casement windows are of timber under shallow window arches. Joined by
a wall to nos. 4-6 Newbuildings. Part of a long sequence of 8 blocks of houses
built to replace dwellings on the same site destroyed in the Broadclyst fire of
1870. The houses are construed as a group and have basic features in common
although they are at the same time carefully varied from unit to unit.

Listing NGR: SX9830396980