Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9172 ROWDEN HILL
930-1/11/174 (East side)
22/06/78 No.51
and attached walls and gate piers

II

House. Mid C19. Limestone ashlar with hipped slate roof and
2 moulded ashlar stacks to rear. L-shaped plan with a rear
left wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 4-window range. Platband, plinth and
chamfered rusticated quoins; raised surrounds; margin panes
with small square panes at the corners, to plate-glass sash
windows. Left-of-centre 4-panelled door glazed to the top,
fanlight with small margin panes, engaged columns to a Tuscan
doorcase; a window above is semicircular-arched with similar
glazing.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to left corner is a high ashlar
wall with a semicircular-arched opening to the rear wing. The
wall sweeps forward for approx 10m and down to meet a pier at
the corner of the garden. The garden is fronted by a low
rubblestone wall with freestone coping for approx 30m.
Chamfered gate piers toward the left and another at the
right-hand corner have cornices and pyramidal caps.

Listing NGR: ST9123672683

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558317

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living