Description

TL 8628-8728 EARLS COLNE HIGH STREET
(north side)

9/82 No. 97 (Formerly listed
23.1.80 as Colne Place)

GV II

House. Early C19, incorporating remains of C17 and C18 houses. Gault brick in
Flemish bond, roofed with slate. Square plan with C19 2-storey extensions to
left and rear. 2 internal stacks. 3 storeys. 6-window range of sashes with
glazing bars in gauged cambered arches. Low-pitched hipped roofs with long
projecting eaves. Early C18 kitchen and brewhouse now incorporated in main
house. Original staircase with turned balusters and moulded handrail. Early C19
detailing throughout, including fire surrounds and segmental panelled doors.
Colne Place was the childhood home of Thomas Fowell Buxton from 1786 to 1809,
colleague and successor to William Wilberforce in the campaign for the abolition
of slavery. (Wherein I Dwell, Earls Colne WEA, 1983, 65).

Listing NGR: TL8605128902

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463552

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)