Description

NITON AND WHITWELL

SZ57NW PUCKASTER LANE, Niton
1353-0/6/257 Puckaster

GV II

Large cottage orne. Early C19 altered C20. Built of stone
rubble with roof formerly thatched now tiled and wooden
fretted bargeboards. C20 stock brick chimneystacks. 1 to 2
storeys irregular plan. Rounded corner with 1 gabled dormer
with fretted bargeboards and 3 casements. Ground floor has C20
6 light bay and rustic columns. To the left is a projecting 2
storey bay with similar windows. The Garden front has 1 dormer
then a section with a projecting half-hipped roof with fretted
bargeboards. 1 casement window with keystones and later ground
floor bay. French windows. To the right of this are 2 gabled
and a later C19 angled bay. Front has a projecting pentangular
bay with dormers and fretted bargeboards and a doorcase with
fanlight at an angle underneath this. There follows a gable
with fretted bargeboards and casements, then a projecting
gable with fretted bargeboards. 1st floor 3 light casement;
ground floor 4 light window. To the left is a later C19
extension of 2 storeys and attics with half-hipped roof with
fishscale tiles. 1:3:2 casements. 1 plain doorcase in this
front. The interior contains an early C19 plastered
Neo-Classical frieze probably made up rather than an exact
copy of a classical work and probably executed soon after Lord
Elgin shipped marbles from the Parthenon to England. Early C19
doorcases and overmantels. One of the more significant early
C19 detached villas of the Undercliff area in the Isle of
Wight.

Listing NGR: SZ5087875886

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504341

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)