Description

BOTESDALE THE STREET (SOUTH EAST
TM 0475
SIDE)
6/26 Botolph House with Front
- Railings
GV II
House. Early to mid C17, remodelled early C19 for R. Sword; 'RS 1824' on an
outbuilding (not listed). Timber frame, pebbledashed. Steeply pitched hipped
slate roof. 3 cell lobby entry plan. 2 storeys. 5 window front. Ground
floor: entrance in a C19 gabled porch to right of centre with a part raised 6
panelled architraved door, wavy bargeboards, small stained glass round headed
lights in returns; to centre a C20 canted bay window of 4:12:4 lights,
elsewhere architraved glazing bar sashes. First floor 3:6 pane architraved
sashes, eaves cornice. To right of centre an axial ridge stack, cap rebuilt
in white brick, early C19 ridge stack to left of centre. Right end early C19
ground floor bow window to parlour, 3 glazing bar casements with blind boxes,
projecting cornice with wave moulding, leaded semi-conical head; first floor
2-light casement. To rear mixed casements, a boarded door at service end, a
lean-to to right with a 16 pane sash. Interior: indented stop chamfered axial
binding beams, early C19 reeding in parlour, double butt purlin roof.
Attached at front left are early C19 iron railings on a low white brick
plinth, colonnettes with acorn finials, panels with wrought iron anthemion
ornament, spear headed rails; flanking front gate are chamfered timber posts,
moulded caps with acorn finials; to right railings curve around bow with a
second gate, openwork piers with quatrefoil ornament, moulded caps with acorn
finials.

Listing NGR: TM0491475963

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26508422

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)