Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27/09/2012

SU3987
7/148
11/04/50

WANTAGE
PORTWAY
(North side)
Orchard House

(Formerly listed as Former Urban District Council offices)

II

House, now offices. c.1830. Flared header bond brick with red brick dressings;
Welsh slate roof; brick stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; 3-window range.
Pedimented central bay has 2-storey porch with Doric columns and cornice to
keyed stone lintel over C20 door with stained glass overlight; similar lintel
over first-floor sash flanked by pilasters; and sashes to other window.
Bracketed wood cornice. Hipped roof; ridge stack. Similar details to sashes of
3-window range side walls; left side wall has sashes opening onto verandah.
Interior not inspected: previous location of market cross, since removed to
No.19 Church Street.

Listing NGR: SU3977087665

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26494732

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)