Description

ST 8032-8132 MERE CASTLE STREET
(south side)

6/20 Tithings

GV II

House at end of street row. Probably C18 but much early C19 modification,
including roof. Squared and coursed limestone in varied thick and thin beds or
rubble, squared rubble plinth, plain tile roof with fish-scale tiles to lowest
courses; 3 ridge stacks, 2 of these in C18 bricks. Main front lies well below
C20 street level; first part, right, 2 storeys and 3 windows all 2-light
small-pane casements, those to ground with thin central mullion; central 6-panel
fielded door under C20 flat-roofed porch. Plain rubble wall section left with
two 2-light casements, and beyond a higher section with pair of plank doors to
keyed segmental head, and 2 casements. The party division between this and
Ridge House (q.v.) is not clear. Back had various 12-pane and 16 -pane sashes,
and two 3-light C20 casements. Small pointed light between 1 and 2 at upper
floor. C20 door to lean-to porch, and further doorway to right.

Listing NGR: ST8102532343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495762

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)