Description

SO 51 SE COLEFORD BANK STREET
(north side)

4/1 Nos 1 and 2 (Crown House)

II

Former house and bank, now offices (Forestry Commission District Office). Main
range late C18, with C19 extensions to left, rear and right. Plastered with tooled
stone dressings, tiled roof, brick end stacks. Classical style. 2 storeys. Plain
pilaster strips at corners; 5 sash windows, middle 3 breaking forward under pediment
with traceried circular window. Triple keystones and voussoirs to all windows but
centre 1st floor window under round arch with impost blocks. Fielded 6-panel door
with transomed fanlight over. Decorative C19 wooden trellis porch with swept lead
roof. Some Gothick tracery to single storey wing on right.
Interior: some original joinery, staircase with original handrail and balusters.
Range to left - mid C19 2-bay slate roof, plastered walls, brick end stacks. 2 storeys.
2 windows, glazing bar sashes. 2 long panels to door on street side.

Listing NGR: SO5758010808

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506323

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)