Description

SIBSON-CUM-STIBBINGTON WANSFORD TL 0699 LONDON ROAD (West Road) 9/144 No. 16 (The Old House) and rear 13.12.57 boundary wall GV II House and rear boundary wall. 1848 for the Duke of Bedford's steward. Dressed limestone rubble with freestone and ashlar dressings. Welsh slated roofs. Ashlar gable end stacks. Two storeys with attic and cellars, rear addition c.1850 completing double pile plan. Symmetrical facade of three bays; entrance with pilastered stone architrave and three-block rustication to round-headed arch; four-panelled door with patterned round headed fanlight. Ashlar plinth continuous around two, two storey bay windows with chamfered reveals and nine-paned hung sash windows. Central blind window above entrance with moulded cornice. Two C20 casement dormer windows. Cast iron boot scraper beside entrance. Interior details C19, original plan slightly altered to rear. Unattributed plans, similar in detail,in Bedford Estate records, Bedford R.O.

Listing NGR: TL0754499015

External Links

• Wikidata Q26564301

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas