Description

SWAFFHAM

TF8208 LONDON STREET
809-1/8/23 (West side)
17/01/73 No.62
Holly House, Flats A-G
(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON STREET
(West side)
The Hollies)

GV II

House, now house and 7 flats. c1760-70, subdivided C20. Red
brick laid in header bond. Pantiled roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys in 12-window range. Plinth course.
Entrance to right of centre within projecting 3-window bays
under pediment. Double-leaf 8-panelled and fielded door with
overlight. Doorcase has unfluted engaged Roman Doric columns
with block entablatures and pediment. Fenestration of C19 6/6
unhorned sashes (2 ground-floor left sashes without glazing
bars but with horns). Second-floor sash in 3rd bay from left
is C18. One blind ground-floor window and 5 blind first-floor
windows. First-floor platband. Moulded brick eaves cornice.
Gabled roof with 4 decorative ridge stacks. South gable head
with tumbling and a sundial face.
Rear elevation with, to right, a cast-iron 2-bay verandah. 2
Venetian windows to first floor with 2/2 and 6/6 glazing bars,
separated by a simple 6/6 unhorned sash. 2-storey rear wing in
3-window range: 6/6 unhorned sashes.
INTERIOR: closed-string staircase of 1920s, with twisted
balusters.

Listing NGR: TF8205408576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559750

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  For the Record
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)