Description

ST 41 NW SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP THE SHAMBLES

6/195
The Cressy including front
garden area railings
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GV II

House. Circa early C19. Coursed stone brick. Slate roof with stone coped
gable ends. Gable end stacks with short red brick shafts.
Plan: Double depth rectangular plan with 2 principal front rooms with
entrance passageway between with front and back doorways; the smaller left
hand front room has a large kitchen behind it and the deeper right hand room
has a straight staircase rising from the back of the room and the space to the
right of the staircase is occupied by Corner House (qv) adjoining right.
Exterior: 2 storeys. North, symmetrical 2-window front. C19 2-light
casements with glazing bars, the ground floor left is slightly larger and
ground floor right a small canted bay window with a hipped slate roof and C20
plaster window frame. Central doorway with circa late C19 glazed and panelled
door.
Rear elevation has C20 windows, plank doors and late C19 and C20 porches.
Including C19 front garden area railings, wrought iron with arrow heads to
shafts, on dressed stone plinth and small monolithic stone gate-piers with
ogee caps and similar wrought iron gate with curved base.
Interior: C19 joinery including panelled and plank doors, straight staircase
with simple stick balustrade, and fireplace on first floor with moulded shelf
and Victorian irongrate. Roof space not accessible.

Listing NGR: ST4023717202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554849

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey