Description

OLD COMPTON STREET
TQ 2981 SE
58/101 No 5
II
House, now restaurant and flats. Late C17, early C19 and later alterations.
Colourwashed brick facade, rear wall in early brickwork. Tiled mansard roof,
behind parapet to front. Central brick stack. 4 storeys, raised from three.
Ground floor doorway with moulded architrave beneath overlight; semi-circular
blind fanlight above. Restaurant window and entrance. First floor pair'of
--casements, 2nd floor pair of sashes, upper floor tall narrow sashes to each side
of paired sash. Rear wall, extending behind general building line, of original
early stock brickwork, but with Fletton returns. First floor flush frame
windows with later sashes. Interior: Remains of stair rising against stack
have moulded ramped rail, turned newels, stick balusters, some matchboard
panelling to stairwell and to upper floor room, some now boarded over. Notable
for the survival of the early vernacular plan form in the area, said to retain
some timber framing.

Listing NGR: TQ2987881074

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27081618

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability