Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 GLOUCESTER ROAD 758-1/2/107 (West side) 01/07/76 No.116 Westport House

GV II

House. Late C16, altered and extended to either end in mid C18, library added mid C19. Rendered over limestone rubble with overlapping boarding to library, brick gable and axial stacks and stone slate roof. PLAN: single-depth, now with rear extension. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2:3:2-window range. A central 3-window C16 house with a right-hand door, C18 extensions each end with a right-hand doorway to the left-hand section, with 6/6-pane sashes in exposed boxes; French windows to single-storey early C20 addition (former studio) attached to right-hand end. INTERIOR: details include steep collared trusses from an earlier roof, extended C18, a good C16 unglazed oak window in the former rear wall, now an internal opening, with diamond mullions, a good early C18 panelled ground-floor room with egg and dart moulding, winder stair to the attic, and C18 rear stair flight; the former studio has segmental-vaulted timber ceiling and panelled walls.

Listing NGR: ST9306087588

External Links

• Wikidata Q26559554

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014