Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 CROSS HAYES
758-1/4/50 (South side)
18/01/49 No.32
and attached rear store

GV II

Town house. Early-mid C18. Squared, coursed limestone rubble
with partly brick rear range, brick left-hand and rear gable
stacks and stone slate roof.
STYLE: mid Georgian.
PLAN: single-depth parallel plan with rear E wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and basement; 5-window range. A
symmetrical parapeted front has a central 1-window section set
forward with an ashlar pediment, a doorcase with raised
surround and bracketed pediment, and double 6-panel doors with
top glazed panels; late C19 horned plate-glass ground-floor
and C18 6/6-pane first-floor sashes in exposed, slightly
recessed boxes, and 2 casement dormers. Simple dressings to
wide basement mullion openings with relieving arches.
Rear wing has brick end gable and W side with burnt headers,
and a gabled dormer, with a 2-storey parapeted section in the
re-entrant.
INTERIOR: details include a central hall with an open-well
stair with a late C18 Chinese fret balusters and ramped,
moulded rail and carved brackets; rear left-hand room has a
moulded cornice and ceiling beam, 2-panel doors, and flagged
basement with elliptical-arched recesses in the right-hand
section, round-arched in the E range, one giving access to a
well, and a large rear chimney breast. A segmental-arched
vault extends forward of the right-hand basement.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached store to rear of rear range has
a timber lintel to a wide central entrance. Former fireplaces
inside.

Listing NGR: ST9340287093

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559624

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