Description

BOXWELL WITH THE STREET (Leighterton Village
ST 8291 east side)
LEIGHTERTON
2/20 Meads House with boundary walls
to The Street and The Meads

GV II

Formerly rectory, now large detached house. C17, greatly enlarged
early-mid C18; early C19 and C20 alterations. Roughcast render;
rubble chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey with attic and
cellars; two rear wings of 2 storeys and attic. Front: 6-window
facade, all 12-pane sashes including left of centre 2-storey
canted bay window with crenellated parapet and 12-pane sash to
front and sides; sashes to left of bay have thick glazing bars, as
do those on upper floor to right; sash to right of bay in former
doorway. Three hipped attic dormers with C19 sashes. South:
gable end to left with central projecting chimney stack having
moulded cap; two ground floor sashes and two C20 upper floor
casements. Rear wing runs right with 3-window early Cl9 sash
fenestration. C20 glazed sun room is not of special interest.
North side: blank gable end to front range with ridge-mounted
rubble chimney; wing to left with scattered C20 casements. East
side: altered in C20 rebuilding when much C19 service
accommodation demolished. Central 2-storey round-ended stair wing
with pedimented doorway and round-arched stair window over, all
C20. Rear wings project to right and left. Internal spiral
staircase in north wing. Panelled room with bay on ground floor,
probably early C19. Plain but high boundary wall runs along The
Meads and continues in The Street, broken by gate with ashlar
gatepiers.

Listing NGR: ST8237691046

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448002

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)