Description

YORK AVENUE
1.
5270
East Cowes
No 186
(Victoria Cottage)
SZ 59 SW 7/119 25.1.72.
II GV
2.
Dated 1843 and occupied for some time by Cubitt during the construction of
Osborne House. Small 2 storey stucco villa. Plinth and band between storeys.
Low pitched gable ended slate roof with deep bracketed eaves to tall banded
chimney stacks, 2 each end. Over a centre the eaves are raised up in low pitched
gable containing a shield inscribed with name and date. Three windows, symmetrical,
the outer ones in slight projections through both storeys, recessed sashes,
glazing bars intact, cornices on block consoles over, fretted blind boxes.
The centre window has an architrave frame and gives on to an elaborate cut
and fretted wool balcony with canopy and splat balustrade supported on wooden
brackets. The central porch has chamfered columns. Frieze and shallow projecting
cornice. Door of 4 flush panels, 2 glazed. Single storey extension to south.

Listing NGR: SZ5108594906

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518354

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990