Description

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ST5873NW COTHAM ROAD, Cotham 901-1/4/1175 (North side) 04/03/77 Nos.19 AND 21 (Formerly Listed as: COTHAM ROAD (North side) Nos.17-35 (Odd))

GV II

Pair of attached houses. c1840. Limestone ashlar with rendered sides, concrete tiled hipped roof. Double-depth plan. Italianate style. 2 storeys, basement and attic; 4-window range. A symmetrical front has projecting wings with ground-floor bays, and entrances in the ends; a moulded plinth, banded rustication on the basement and ground floor to an entablature, paired first-floor pilasters to a bracketed cornice and attic storey with a moulded coping. Open porches at either end have semicircular arches, to 2-leaf 6-panel doors in the sides of the houses. The bays have tripartite windows with guilloche jambs and mullions to 6/6-pane and flanking 2/2-pane sashes, below a balustrade in front of similar first-floor windows with console cornices. A stone verandah between the wings has wide openings between attached columns and outer semicircular-arched windows with margin bars, and railings between, below a full-width balustraded balcony. French windows to the verandah, first-floor windows have shouldered architraves to 6/6-pane sashes, and outer tripartite attic windows which break through the cornice. The ashlar basement has incised voussoirs and cambered heads to 6/6-pane sashes. The rear is similarly articulated to the front but with less decoration. INTERIOR not inspected. Nos 19-33 (qv) share a common plan and elevations, with variations in the detailed decoration.

Listing NGR: ST5848373963

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version