Description

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SK9856SE FYNNEY STREET 611-1/7/65 (West side) Ferne-Lea and Cranford and attached wall

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Pair of houses. Dated 1912. By Reginald Longden, architect. Brick with plain-tiled roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4-window range. Simple Arts and Crafts style, reminiscent of Lutyens. Balanced asymmetry, with outer gables of differing design: Left-hand gable itself asymmetrical, with doorway to right and massive chimney stack anchoring right of gable. Main roof sweeps down to ground floor level to left. Off-centre doorway in stepped round-headed archway. Tripartite mullioned window above. Tall mullioned and transomed stair window in main range to right of gable, and single 3-light mullioned window at first-floor level beyond, with side entrance of Ferne-Lea below. Right hand of range forms wide gabled front of Ferne-Lea: doorway to right in simple chamfered architrave, with 4-light mullioned window on each floor alongside. Windows throughout have leaded panes. Several axial and end wall stacks, all with diamond shafts. Rear elevation has a stronger symmetry, with 2 full-height canted bay windows. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: flanking wall pierced by 2 stilted archways links the building to the adjacent Highbarn (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ9856856129

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