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ST3414 STATION ROAD 1939-1/6/126 (South side) 23/09/50 No.7 Summerods and attached walls and railings (Formerly Listed as: STATION ROAD (South side) No.7) (Formerly Listed as: STATION ROAD (South side) Wall and 2 gate piers attached to east side of No.7)

GV II

House. 1790-1800. Ham Hill stone ashlar to the front and rough ashlar to the rear. Double-pitch slate roof with rendered stacks to gable ends and centre of rear range. Double-depth plan with C19 additions to each side. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, with basement to the rear; symmetrical 3-window range. Moulded cornice below parapet wall; steps up to a late C19 enclosed gabled glazed porch over a 6-panel door with ornamental fanlight. Above is a round-arched 6/6-pane sash with intersecting glazing bars to the top, set in a reeded archivolt with keystone and imposts. Other windows are 6/6-pane sashes with moulded architraves and C19 balconettes with palmette motifs, except those to the basement which have 10/10-panes. The rear has a full-height semicircular stair turret to the centre with a large ornamental vase to the top attached to a rail which runs round the turret. The land falls away to the south, so the ground floor on the street side (north) becomes the first floor to the rear; an entrance at this level is served by sweeping stone staircases to each side, down to the garden. To the left return (east) is a late C19 two-storey lean-to extension which has a 2-light casement to the first-floor front, 2- and 3-light casements to the side and a door to the right. This extension has 3 storeys to the rear. To the right return (west) is a ground-floor and basement lean-to with its front wall swept up to the house and C20 metal casement windows to both floors. INTERIOR: little altered and very complete. Large stairhall with open-well open-string staircase with fret-cut brackets, wreathed mahogany rail, and curtail-step around a turned newel. Ground-floor reception rooms have reeded cornices, dado-rail and panelling below; room to the right has a late C19 marble fireplace and stiff-leaf embellishment to the cornice. All doors are 6-panel with inset beading to all panels including those of the shutters. First floor has elliptical arches on landing, and C18 stone fireplaces with plain surrounds and rolled edges, some with later accretions. Attic has wide floorboards and a planked door. Collar-truss roof with butted purlins; lead through-gutter from central valley to the front. The basement is stone-flagged. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a low wall to the left sweeps up to the house; tapered square-section railings enclose the forecourts, mount the central steps and ramp up to the door. Flanking the porch and attached to the railings are flat trellised piers, probably lampholders. A high rubblestone wall, attached to the right (west), runs approx 100m southwards, sweeping then stepping down the hill. Attached wall and piers to left listed 29.7.76.

Listing NGR: ST3572014735

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)