Description

TQ 4109 NW LEWES SOUTHOVER HIGH STREET
14/419 (north side)
Southover

No 55 (Gables Cottage) & railings

GV II

House. C17, refronted in mid C19. Timber-framed with cladding of hung
tiles in decorative bands of plain, scalloped and beaver-tail tiles.
Horsham slab roof with two symmetrical crosswings with plain bargeboards.
Tall stack at left end of ridge. 2 storeys and attics; 3 window front,
with 2 windows in gables, to left a single sash without glazing bars, to
right a larger square oriel with flat head on curved brackets. Double
sashes without glazing bars in outer bays on first floor with single sash
without glazing bars between. Sashes without glazing bars on ground
floor. Central boarded door. Mid - late C19 cast-iron railings to
south with acorn heads, arched between, and dog-rails.

Listing NGR: TQ4115209643

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487451

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]