Description

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ST5873NW ST MICHAEL'S HILL 901-1/4/275 (West side) 04/03/77 No.121 Oldbury House and attached front railings (Formerly Listed as: ST MICHAEL'S HILL (South West side) No.121)

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House, now offices. c1670, mid C18 fenestration and rear block. Rendered with limestone dressings, gable stacks and a pantile double-pile roof. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys and basement; 6-window range. A symmetrical front has a parapet and 3 small coped gables, a coped left end gable ramped up to the stacks, and a right-hand 1-window block set back. A c1765 doorway has a Gibbs surround, a stepped key and pediment, a good metal fanlight with a lantern, and a 6-panel door. 2 pairs of widely-spaced ground-floor windows have 8/8-pane sashes, rectangular first-floor windows have 6/6-pane sashes, and single 6/6-pane sashes in each gable. INTERIOR: large entrance hall to good C17 rear open-well stair with uncut string, turned balusters and moulded rail to square newels with ball finials and pendants, and rear semicircular-arched stair light with metal fanlight and lantern fitted into the top sash; beams with ovolo mouldings and roll stops; short C18 stair up to the right-hand block has slender column-on-vase balusters, column newels and ramped rail, with an elliptical arch at the bottom with panelled soffit and Greek key mouldings, and semicircular-arched rear stair light at the top with panelled soffit and shutters; mid C18 fireplace with a rocaille panel and marble surround; 6-panel doors, 2-panel basement door and 6-panel metal safe door. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached C19 wrought-iron front garden railings with urn finials. An uncommonly centralised plan for a late C17 house.

Listing NGR: ST5830673626

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair