Description

OVERBURY CP CHURCH ROW (north side)
SO 9437 - 9537
9/136 Nos 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8
HB II

Shown on OS map as Nos 2, 5 and 8.
Row of seven houses, now five houses. Late C19 remodelling of an C18 or
earlier structure, probably by Richard Norman Shaw for Robert Martin with
further mid-C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble and plain tiled roof
with four brick ridge stacks which have oversailing cap courses. Single storey
and attic with dormers. Seven bays; windows are all leaded casements of two
lights. Seven ground floor windows, seven gabled dormers have windows with
moulded architraves. Four lean-to porches on shaped moulded brackets on stone
corbels. The westernmost porch is larger, has an additional central bracket
and two doorways beneath it. Doors are all simple ledged and battened type.
Doorway between bays 5 and 6 are now blocked. There is a rear wing to the west
end bay. The row of houses face No 1 Church Row (qv) and is situated adjacent
to the gate piers, gates and quadrant walls to Overbury Court (qv). Included
for group value.

Listing NGR: SO9576937433

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461404

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)