Description

SO 44 SW MADLEY CP CANON BRIDGE

2/69 Canon Bridge House

- II

House. Early to mid-C18 with earlier origins. Brick with Welsh slate
roofs and brick stacks. Roughly symmetrical plan aligned north-north-
east/south-south-west. Two storeys and cellars. East elevation has 3:3:3
windows and blind windows, sashes beneath keystones in central three-window
portion, lower wings have segmental heads to ground floor, blind windows to
the two right-hand bays; plat bands to each of the three parts, central 6-
panelled door with transom light in moulded wooden door case, a further door
with glazed 9-pane upper part in left-hand side of right wing. Interior has
three-flight early C18 dog-leg staircase with turned balusters; first floor
room in south-west wing has mirrored shutters and Gothick quatrefoil and ogee
motifs to window surrounds and door, south-west wing incorporates wall-plates
and pegged tie-beam trusses with wattle infill possibly late C16 to C17 of
earlier enveloped cottage; principal ground floor room on west side of central
pavilion has moulded cornice with dentils and egg-and-dart design, adjacent
east room also has enriched plaster cornice.

Listing NGR: SO4319241260

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473498

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)