Description

TEWKESBURY

SO8932 EAST STREET 859-1/6/160 (North side) 31/10/89 Nos.17 AND 18 (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (North side) Nos.14, 16, 17 AND 18 1-16 (Cons) NE Terrace inc Oldbury Cottage & dwelling adj to E)

GV II

Two terrace houses, part of group at street end of former factory. 1825 for George Freeman, lace manufacturer. Flemish bond brickwork, slate roof concealed by high parapet, brick stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys, 3-windowed. To left a broad 28-pane sash at each level, then 16-pane above door and 12 above 12-pane with small arched casement ground floor right, all to brick voussoirs and stone cills. Central wide pair of 6-panel flush doors under elliptical radial fanlight, and set deep on stone step. Stone coping, parapet returns to right, stack far left. Beyond parapeted return is 2-storey unit (No.18) with a 12-pane sash above C20 door. Street front, left, is continuous with the wide arched opening giving access to North East Terrace (qv), formerly the factory to which this unit was in part the main offices. The whole is an important reminder of the former vigorous stocking-knitting industry in Tewkesbury, used as housing since 1900.

Listing NGR: SO8955432792

External Links

• Wikidata Q26569526

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)