Description

SU 9676 NE
3/29

HIGH STREET (West Side )
No 18 (Castle Hotel)

4.1.50

GV
II
Late C18 altered C19, modernised and enlarged. Long front of four storeys stucco faced. Originally an eleven window front in two parts, with three storey south wing incorporating C17 timber framing. The front is now symmetrical, the south wing having been demolished and replaced by balancing five window four storey stucco faced block with open ground floor for rear access. Ground floor of original part has horizontal grooving on piers, between openings, with moulded caps. Moulded cornice at second floor level with moulded string over second floor and crowning cornice and parapet all carried over on to new south block in same manner. All windows segmental headed, the five on new block in keeping, and with French casements with cornices on console brackets to first floor giving on to continuous balcony of anthemion and scroll pattern. Five large modern windows on ground floor and modern door to left of centre in wide architrave surround with frieze and cornice over.

Nos 1 to 4 (consec) 4a, 5 to 9 (consec) 9A,10 to 26 (consec), Dairy Pavilion in the garden of No 7 and Mistress Pages House form a group.

Listing NGR: SU9679476796

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411251

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Care and Repair