Description

TEWKESBURY

SO83SE BARTON ROAD
859-1/2/5 (North side)
No.5
Barton House

GV II

House in row, with cafe. c1870s. English bond brickwork with
painted stone dressings, slate roof.
3 storeys and basement, 3-windowed. Plain sashes at second and
ground floors, French doors under transom lights at first
floor, under Regency-style tent hood on wrought-iron supports
to decorative balcony front; balcony carried on 7 cast-iron
brackets. Windows under shouldered lintels with dog-tooth
moulding, alternating quoins, and all set flush with deep
chamfered cills. Basement access to left. To right, on 4 stone
steps, a pair of 3-panel fielded doors under segmental pointed
arch to brick voussoirs over internal glazed doors. Gable
stack, left, raised coped verges, raised paved area full
width. Back has half-hipped 2-bay wing with 4-pane sashes
above flat-roofed canted bays with plain sashes. Further stack
at eaves.
A vigorous design, its vertical scale contrasting especially
with Nos 6/9 (qv) adjoining, but also important in maintaining
the continuity of the street.

Listing NGR: SO8960132750

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496920

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  For the Record
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Care and Repair