Description

OLD LOOSE HILL
TQ 7552 LOOSE
(East Side)
6/192 Vale House
25.7.52
GV II

House. Early-to-mid C18, possibly with earlier core, and with later
alterations. Purplish-red brick in Flemish bond, with lighter red
brick dressings. Gable end of left return wing possibly timber-
framed, now rendered. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys, attic and basement.
Chamfered brick plinth. Moulded and dentilled wooden eaves cornice,
the moulding returning to right and left elevations. Hipped roof,
hips returning. Rear stacks to left and right. 2 small gabled dormers
with moulded cornices and 2-light casements. Regular 3-window front
of two 16-pane and central 12-pane sashes in open boxes, with splayed
rubbed brick voussoirs, in altered openings. Two 24-pane ground-floor
sashes. Central half-glazed and panelled door with fanlight. Later
porch on iron columns. Left return elevation: chequered red and grey
brick with plat band. 2 first-floor windows, one blocked, one sash,
and 3 ground-floor windows, one blocked. Short wing at right-angles to
right, parallel to and adjoining rear wall of main range. Right return
elevation: gable end of main range purplish-red brick, added right
return wing red brick in Flemish bond, with plat band. Irregular
fenestration of four 18-pane sashes. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ7589552120

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542596

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  For the Record
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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