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Townsend House and Attached Walls

A Grade II Listed Building in Leominster, County of Herefordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2282 / 52°13'41"N

Longitude: -2.7439 / 2°44'38"W

OS Eastings: 349283

OS Northings: 259144

OS Grid: SO492591

Mapcode National: GBR FJ.1RZM

Mapcode Global: VH84W.D877

Plus Code: 9C4V67H4+7C

Entry Name: Townsend House and Attached Walls

Listing Date: 24 July 1954

Last Amended: 15 March 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1255447

English Heritage Legacy ID: 459711

ID on this website: 101255447

Location: Leominster, County of Herefordshire, HR6

County: County of Herefordshire

Civil Parish: Leominster

Built-Up Area: Leominster

Traditional County: Herefordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire

Church of England Parish: Leominster

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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Description


LEOMINSTER

SO4959 GREEN LANE 808-1/1/145 No.15 24/07/54 Townsend House and attached walls (Formerly Listed as: GREEN LANE No.15 Townsend House)

GV II

House. C17 and C18. English bond brick; stucco; plaster; hipped Welsh slate roof; various brick stacks; large brick and stone buttress stack to rear of wing. L-shaped on plan. EXTERIOR: North front (to street): 2 storeys; single-window range: C19 tripartite window with 2/2: 6/6: 2/2 sashes; two C19 6/6 sashes to ground floor, under jetty. Right returned side: 6/6 and small 2/2 sliding sashes, in stucco to 1st floor. Recessed wing to right has 2 advanced bays; to left, 6/6 sash over C19 ashlar porch with semicircular arch under enriched frieze on pilasters with figures; blocked C18(?) with inserted cross-window with leaded lights; to right, 6/6 sash over C18(?) moulded wood mullion and transom window with leaded lights; central C19 eight/eight sash flanked by wood mullion window with leaded lights, over large mullion and transom window with leaded lights, under moulded wood cornice. Left returned side: 6-panel door under flat hood, flanked by 6/6 sashes; gable over; buttress stack. Right returned side: C18 brickwork with storey band. Rear: three 6/6 sashes and blocked opening, to 1st floor. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached garden walls, of C18 and C19 brick on rubble base, extend for approx 150m to east and for approx 50m to west of street front. (RCHME: Herefordshire: 116 (6)).

Listing NGR: SO4928359144

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