Description

SWAFFHAM

TF8209 NORTHWELL POOL ROAD
809-1/6/80 (North side)
17/01/73 Beech House
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHWELL POOL ROAD
Beech Cottage)

II

House. Mid C18, extended c1910. Brick, stuccoed to south; roof
of black-glazed pantiles. C18 south block with parallel north
block added later.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and dormer attic. South front has a
2-window range. Canted window bay to ground floor added c1910
to left of a 2/2 unhorned sash. Two 3/6 unhorned sashes to
first floor. Modillion eaves cornice. Hipped roof with 2
flat-topped dormers fitted with 4/8 unhorned sashes. Ridge
stack and a stack on west roof slope.
North block projects to west: in the entrant angle is a
2-storey projection of c1910 lit through casements at first
floor with glazing bars. To left of this at first floor is a
rounded bay window with casements with glazing bars. North
front is a 4-window range. Central 6-panelled and fielded door
within timber doorcase consisting of fluted pilasters carrying
an open segmental pediment. Fenestration of segmental-headed
8/8 unhorned sashes. Modillion eaves cornice and hipped roof
in which are 2 flat-topped dormers, the left one with two 2/4
horned sashes, the right with one 4/8 horned sash. Stacks on
east and west roof slopes.
INTERIOR: C18 open-string staircase with bobbin-turned
balusters and a ramped and moulded handrail. Upper staircase
hall has a wide barrel-vaulted plaster ceiling lit by
tripartite casements at east and west ends: panelled pilasters
to wall continue as ribs into the vault; egg-and-dart cornice.

Listing NGR: TF8201709263

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559677

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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