Description

ST NICHOLAS'S ROAD
1.
1594 (West Side)
No 6 (De Vaux House)
SU 1429 SW 5/356 28.2.52.
II* GV
2.
C17-18 front. 2 storeys and attic. Brick with lst floor string. Coved eaves
cornice and tile hung gable facing front at right hand. Old tile roof. 2 hipped
dormers. Irregular casement windows, some C19 light and some modern leaded,
and rectangular bay window centrally under gable on lst floor with interesting
carved scroll and mask wooden brackets, probably C15. Small stone buttress
at right hand corner. 2 doors - the left hand door with 3 centred arched head,
probably C15, ledged with cusped panel enrichment to upper part and flat arched
bottom panels with enriched tops. The right hand door early C19 pointed arched
with applied panel strips on ledged door. North wall of flint with stone quoins.
Carved wood Angel holding coat of arms over left hand door, C14-C15.
Originally part of the College de Valle founded by Bishop Giles Bridport in
1261 as a theological college which continued there until the Dissolution.
No 9 De Vaux Place qv and No 8 St Nicholas's Road qv were also part of it.

Nos 6 & 8 form a group with No 9 De Vaux Place.

Listing NGR: SU1435929210

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544165

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)