Description

WYMONDHAM

TG1001 MIDDLETON STREET
655-1/8/131 (East side)
14/07/72 No.20
Beech House

GV II

House, now with offices to street range. 3 main periods of
construction and 3 distinct elements. Front brick range to
street 1873, with a north extension of 1926. Middle range in
courtyard early C17 and timber-framed. Rear part mid C18,
brick. Roofs of black glazed pantiles. Street range, now
solicitors' offices. 1873 block of 2 storeys and attic
presenting gable-end to street: central double-leaf panelled
door under shallow brick pedimented hood is flanked by one
sash either side with 2 similar to first floor. Occulus in
gable. 2-storey 1926 addition abuts to north, also in brick.
Fenestration of sashes. Gabled roof. Centre range C17.
Timber-framed with C18 brick skin. Facade is to south.
2-storey facade in 3 bays. Central panelled door below 4-vaned
fanlight under a rebated round arch. Sashes have glazing bars
and gauged skewback arches. Cornice and parapet. Gabled roof
with a central ridge stack and internal gable-end stack to
east. North side has a C19 outshut in flint with brick
dressings (whitewashed) forming a subsidiary facade of 2
storeys in 3 bays. Central panelled door within panelled
reveals. Hood over. Blind window left, a sash to right with
glazing bars and gauged skewback arch. Central blind
first-floor window flanked by similar sashes. Dentil eaves
cornice. 2-storeyed brick rear range is C18 with various
replaced sashes and doors. Double-pile, the south element
under a Mansard roof, the north part gabled.
INTERIOR. Front range with little of interest. Centre range
timber-framed 3-celled house. Ground floor with sunk
quadrant-moulded bridging beams. First floor east room with
jowled principal studs, arched braces to corners and chamfered
bridging beam with nicked ogee stops. First floor west room
has jewelled stops to beams. Roof has butt lower purlins,
clasped upper ones and collars. Lower purlins positioned lower
than originally intended. Principals are cut back above upper
purlins, not diminished. Whole roof archaic by early C17 and
probably re-used.

Listing NGR: TG1086201680

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580018

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)