Description

SU 8346 NE 5/78
26.4.50
1099

WEST STREET
(South East Side)
Nos 23 and 24

GV
II*

Dated 1790 on rainwater head. 2 storey, attic and cellar. Fine red brick on projecting plinth. Painted string at 1st floor level. Fluted frieze with roundel ornament, delicate moulded cornice. Brick parapet with stone coping. Old tile roof. The 2 houses have been designed together and are joined by a slightly recessed bay with arched passage entrance and panel over.
No 24 has 3 dormers, small sashes. 5 windows on 1st floor and 4 on ground floor all with stone cills. 6-panels central door, scroll brass knocker, arched radiating and wreathed fanlight with cast enrichment in panelled reveals and doorcase fluted and 1/3rd reeded Ionic pilasters, broken entablature with roundel in frieze, dentilled cornice, and open dentilled pediment. 2 moulded stone steps. 4 cellar lights. Foot scraper.
No. 23 repeats design including door and surround, and has 3-bay front with door at right hand. 2 dormers.

Nos 18, 37, 43 , 45 and all the listed buildings on the south-east side from Nos 19 to 46 (consec) (including wrought iron screen before Vernon House). Form a group.

Listing NGR: SU8375746752

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548799

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)