Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST97SW HILL CORNER ROAD
930-1/1/57 (North side)
No.40

II

House. Late C17/early C18. Limestone rubble with freestone
quoins and dressings, C20 concrete tile roof gabled to front,
rear and east side which has a C19 ashlar stack and a C20
brick stack to the rear junction with the the lean-to. 2-unit
through-passage plan with C20 single-storey lean-to to the
east and C20 porch to the front.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic; one-window range. Windows have
timber lintels covered with lead flashing and traces of former
hoodmoulds, that to the ground floor is 3-light with stone
mullions.
INTERIOR: the axial passage between the rooms (formerly
leading through to the next house) is flanked by moulded beams
with a cross-beam near the centre; all have ogee-stops,
implying that the passage was in 2 parts. The front room has a
chamfered axial beam flanked by a C19 planked door with fine
wrought-iron strap hinges to the left and a 3-light window to
the right. A deep chimney-breast to an open fire on the
right-hand wall has a C20 pine bressumer replacing one of
massive oak, parts are still in the garden.
Stairs to the same wall to the rear of the passage curve to a
landing with plank-and-muntin walling, probably repositioned.
Elm treads and floorboards to the 3-bay attic which has
butt-tenoned purlins and a ridge in notch.

Listing NGR: ST9228674948

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558418

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)