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ST3414 STATION ROAD 1939-1/6/130 (North side) 29/07/76 No.36 Hazelwell House and attached walls and railings (Formerly Listed as: STATION ROAD (North side) No.24 Hazelwell House)

GV II

House. c1850, Ham Hill stone ashlar to main block, incised stucco to right; slate roof, hipped to right extension; stepped stone copings with brick stacks to gable ends of main block. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range to main block to the left (west) and one-window range to right extension. All windows are C20 one/one-pane sashes, those to ground floor with louvred shutters, probably c1800 sliding ones, to left and a C20 one to the right; that has moulded architraves and keystones to both windows and raised Ham Hill stone rusticated quoins (similar details to the left have been removed). The house, which has a moulded eaves cornice, is set well back and high, with steps to a Tuscan-style doorcase with dentilled open pediment and reeded engaged columns; 6-panel door with 4 raised-and-fielded panels and added mouldings to lower ones, under a decorative semicircular fanlight. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Attached to the right rear corner, a high limestone rubble wall, with an archway close to the house, encloses a small garden with stone gate piers to far left of the front which have swept caps and balls. Railings to the front are mid C19 square-section loops alternating with spearheads, set on a rendered Ham Hill stone plinth. Double gates opposite door have long loops through a concavely-curved upper rail, spears through a lower one, and a row of circles and diamonds to the base. The gate catch is leaf-shaped.

Listing NGR: ST3543914836

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• Wikidata Q26489781

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