Description

1. BATH ROAD
5127 (north side)

No 2 (The Chestnuts)
SU 4667 NE 3/10 29.9.50

II*

2.
Early-mid C18 house, style of James Clarke of Newbury (Master Builder). The date
1720 appears on the roof; some of the chimneys bear the date 1740. Two storeys and
attic. Symmetrical south front with 5 windows. Hipped with moulded brick stacks.
Multi-coloured stock brick with red brick dressings. Giant pilasters on quoins
carry entablature. Slightly projecting, pedimented 3 bay centre. Two pediments
dormer sashes flanking pediment. Round-arched lunette with radial glazing in pediment
Gauged, segmental-arches to recessed sash windows with glazing bars. Prostyle Doric
portico with pediment; architraved, segmental arched doorway with fanlight with
margin lights and raised and fielded panel door. Good interior with later
alterations. Panelled dado and enriched plaster cornices. Mid C18 dog-leg stair-
case with open string, curved brackets, turned balusters, swept handrail and column
newels. Original oak roof structure with diagonal trusses.
(Newbury Scrap Book (1970) 215).

Listing NGR: SU4687767683

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553123

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)