Description

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SK 33 SW
11/172

Mickleover
LIMES AVENUE
The Limes

(Formerly listed in the Rural District of Repton)

19.1.67.

II

Early C19 villa standing in its own grounds. Stucco; two storeys, Main front, facing garden, has plain pilasters at ends of elevation, and band between storeys. 2+3+2 sash windows, the centre three in full height semi-circular bow. Jalousies to ground storey windows. Plain over-hanging eaves, hipped slate roof. Entrance front has 2+1+0, windows, with a central solid stucco porch with angle piers and Doric columns in antis, entablature over, glazed divided door. One storey projecting portion to right of entrance porch with three windows. Other elevations plain.

Interior has characteristic staircase and ceiling cornices.

Good setting with lawns, and drive with avenue of trees.

Listing NGR: SK3091234071

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522150

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas