Description

SS 90 SW
8/141

THORVERTON
JERICHO STREET (north side)
Bridge House

5.4.66

GV
II
House and shop. C18 and probably earlier. Whitewashed and rendered; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends, hipped to two storey porch; thatch replaced by slates to rear of ridge; left end brick stack, stack with brick shaft to first floor front projection the centre; front door to house to the left, the accommodation extending in a rear left wing at right angles to the main range. In the centre a two storey porch room on timber posts projects over the pavement. The porch, dated 1763 with the initials PW1, may be an addition to an earlier building.

Two storeys. Asymmetrical front; one window to the left of the porch, two to the right, C20 shop window and shop door in the centre below the porch which is carried on four timber posts. C19 panelled front door with rectangular fanlight. Variety of timber sashes with glazing bars.

Interior not inspected but may have features of interest.

Bridge House, with its picturesque front elevation is in a crucial position in the centre of Thorverton.

Listing NGR: SS9258502128

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533612

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)