Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW ST MARY STREET 930-1/10/186 (West side) 25/04/50 No.16

GV II*

House. Early C17, refronted early C18. Render over limestone rubble, freestone quoins, plinth and dressings; stone slate roof hipped to the left with 2 small hipped stone slate-cheeked dormers and moulded ashlar stacks to rear left and the right gable end. L-shaped plan with early C19 extension. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Moulded eaves cornice; raised cyma-moulded architraves to 6/6-pane sash windows, those to the ground floor with cornices. Both inner facades of the L shape look onto the street, 2 windows to left face east and 3 windows to the right face north. To the centre, at the angle of the left wing is 6-panel door with raised and fielded panels glazed to the top and a classical wreath and mask cast-iron knocker, set in raised cyma-moulded architrave below a semicircular-coved hood, possibly a former shell hood, on plain brackets. INTERIOR: not accessible on review but noted as having a C17 blocked 3-light window with cavetto moulded mullions to the ground floor of the south party wall; a good original open well staircase with closed strings, moulded handrail, square newels, and moulded balusters. Original kitchen fireplace with moulded surround. Re-roofed with king-post collar trusses.



Listing NGR: ST9232873140

External Links

• Wikidata Q17544297

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  For the Record
• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)