Description

ST 45 NE
9/39

BLAGDON C.P.
RICKFORD
Gauge House

G.V.
II

Gauge House. Late C19. Wooden raft supported by cast iron stanchions over
brook. House of rockfaced coursed red sandstone with green sandstone dressings
on a limestone plinth. Timber frame outer skin on brick with roughcast infill
and plain tile roof. Swiss chalet style. Square on plan with a pyramidal roof
and open apex turret with weathervane. Window and door openings to each face
which develop into gabled dormers; plank doors with fine ironwork hinges.
Retaining wall to roadside of rockfaced squared sandstone with ashlar coping and
piers and wrought iron railings. The sluicehouse makes an important visual
contribution to the streetscape with the Masonic Lodge (q.v.) and Mill House (q.v.)

Listing NGR: ST4866359313

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26422010

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)