Description

MARSHFIELD C.P. HIGH STREET (north side)
ST 7773
13/98
No. 80 (The Hospice)
17.9.52
G.V.
II

House in the village street. Mid C17. Ashlar; double Roman tiled roof; off-
centre ashlar stack with cornice. 2 storeys and cellar; plinth. 3 bays,
continuous string course over ground floor. Projecting 2 storey bay window in
centre surmounted by a coped gable with saddle stone : 1-2-1-light windows, C20
top hung casements with iron glazing bars in ovolo moulded mullions and
surrounds. Similar 2- and 3-light casement windows to right. To left is a
2 storey projecting gabled porch of c.1800 with similar window but in architrave
on first floor; square headed entry and panelled inner door in ogee moulded
surround. Interior: Drawing room: moulded beams and wall plates;
central beam moulded on one side and holes in soffit for a screen; wide but
altered fireplace. Central first floor room: fine moulded freestone fireplace
with depressed 4-centred head and ovolo/ogee moulded surround; panelled
cupboard to left with upper ventilation grille with serpentine curved splats.
A good example of a vernacular, burgess' house.

Listing NGR: ST7777773756

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26450719

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014