Description

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ST5973NW STOKES CROFT, Stokes Croft
901-1/6/2034 (West side)
06/09/74 Nos.59-65 (Odd)
(Formerly Listed as:
STOKES CROFT
(West side)
No.63)
(Formerly Listed as:
STOKES CROFT
(West side)
No.65)
(Formerly Listed as:
STOKES CROFT
(West side)
No.59)

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses. c1710, partly rebuilt c1985. Brick and
stucco with limestone dressings and pantile hip roof.
Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style.
Each of 2 storeys, basement and attic; 2-window range. Nos 59
& 61 are rebuilt brick facsimiles, Nos 63 & 65 stucco.
Rusticated pilaster strips to a moulded coping and parapet,
plat bands to first and second floors. Right-hand doorway to
No.63, left-hand to the rest, with thin brackets to canopies,
6-panel doors and rectangular overlights; ground-floor canted
bays with 8/8-pane sashes flanked by 4/4-pane sashes to Nos 59
& 65, projecting shop fronts to Nos 61 & 63. Cambered heads
and scribed lintels to 4/4-pane sashes on Nos 59 & 61; No.63
has C19 shop front, canted first- and second-storey bays with
6/6-paned sashes, and a dormer with 3/3-pane sash; No.65 has
cambered heads with 5 stepped voussoirs to C20 glazing. Rear
6/6-pane sashes in flush boxes to Nos 63 & 65.
INTERIOR: No.63, vaulted back cellar, fully-panelled shop with
C20 fittings, Pennant-flagged hall and rear ground floor,
which has 4/4-pane internal sash; panelled hall has a
semicircular arch with a panelled soffit, a good framed newel
winder stair with a wide curtail, column-on-vase balusters,
square newels and toadback rail, and a narrow attic stair;
marble fireplaces with corner roundels, 2-panel doors; roughly
chamfered purlins; a glass panel is set in the floor of
second-floor landing. No.65, vaulted rear cellar, marble
firelaces with cast-iron baskets, cornice and fully-panelled
ground-floor rooms.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Pennant steps up to Nos 63 & 65, which
have fire insurance plaques inscribed UNION 1714.
No.65 listed 17.10.74.

Listing NGR: ST5908773878

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498198

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)