Description

1. ROXWELL THE STREET
5213 (East Side)
ROXWELL
Dukes House
TL 6408 26/445 29.12.52.

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A manor house on this site is mentioned in Doomsday Book. The present house was
built in the Cl6 and was altered and added to in 1666 by Thomas Arthur Crush.
It is said that the workers on the roof saw the Great Fire of London. There are
cross wings on the north and south ends and Cl7 gabled additions on the west side.
The east side is almost completely altered, with C2O fenestration and sham timber-
framing. The house retains its original shape and is picturesque. 2 storeys
and attics. The windows are C20 casements with leaded lights. Roof tiled. The chief external features are the 3 fine original chinmey stacks, each with 3 octagonal
shafts on a rectangular base with a deep band of moulded brick quatrefoil ornamentation.
2 of the stacks have spurred caps and another stack is rebuilt in facsimile. (RCHM 17).

Listing NGR: TL6443608692

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555533

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)