Description

TL 41 NE THORLEY TWYFORD BURY LANE
(east side)
Twyford

4/68 Twyford Bury

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- II

House. 1895 by Eustace C Frere on family property (information from owner).
L-shaped Arts and Crafts house. Red brick with pebbledashed upper parts. Steep
red tile roof with bellcast at eaves, hipped to W and with gabled, two and a half
storeys, cross-wing on E. Entrance porch and stair in angle under catslide
extension of cross-wing. Large red brick chimney at junction of wings. Upper
part of each cross wing gable corbelled out to face of external gable chimney
(as at Thorley House of c.1902). 2-light and 4-light wooden casement windows
on S. Interesting E front of crosswing flanked by gable chimneys each with small
gabled offset just above roof. Corbelled kneelers to eaves. Moulded brick
plinth offset but plinth face carried up as apron to 2 5-light mullioned and
transomed wooden windows with small panes, projecting blue brick corbels at sill
and 2 rows of tile over. Dentilled brick and below pebbledash upper part with
2 3-light low, small paned, windows under eaves. Recessed corner porch in
angle, with low brick surround supporting stumpy wooden turned column on heavy
timber capping. Heavy beams around corner carved with strapwork interlace on
convex outer face, said to include name of architect. Half-glazed small paned
front door. Staircase has tapered square newel posts.

Listing NGR: TL4934319513

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509081

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)