Description

CALNE

ST9970 THE GREEN
755-1/5/150 (East side)
19/05/50 No.10
Sheldon House

GV II

House. c1656, refronted and altered late C18-early C19,
refaced. Limestone ashlar and rubble with left-hand and rear
valley stack, with stone slate roof. 2-room plan with
right-hand and rear parallel ranges.
2 storeys, cellar and attic; 3-window range. A symmetrical
front has pilasters, cornice, and parapet with raised central
section, coped gables with right-hand ball finial. Central
doorway has a bracketed pediment and architrave to a 6-panel
door, the top pair glazed. Plain ashlar surrounds with angle
beads to paired outer and single central windows with late C19
plate-glass sashes with margin panes. 3 gabled dormers have
8-panes. The right-hand gable has a blocked ground-floor
window, and blocked 3-light C17 attic window with chamfered
surround and label mould, with a lead down pipe with original
hopper to the front. The side wall behind is set in slightly,
with a rear wide doorway and 6-panel door, and a 10/10-pane
ground-floor sash. Rear extended early C20.
INTERIOR: details include a flagged central hall, front rooms
have moulded lateral beams, central early C18 rear dogleg
stair with column-on-vase balusters and ramped rail. Front
left-hand room has early C18 panelling, fireplace and
overmantel, and a fine rear shell-head niche in a blocked
window; right-hand room has fine and notable example of early
faux panelling wallpaper. First-floor left-hand room has a
good C17 scratch-moulded cupboard set in a blocked rear
window; chamfered ceiling beams. Varied roof structure, with
no ridge to the right-hand section, and threaded ridge to the
centre; one arch brace visible in the wall. Early C19 stone
fireplaces with hob grates.
(Wiltshire Buildings Record: Trowbridge: 1991-).

Listing NGR: ST9999770809

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539725

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)