Description

YARMOUTH

SZ3589 HIGH STREET
1354-0/10/373 (North side)
18/01/67 The Towers including Tower Cottage
and attached Wall

GV II

Large house. Early C18 by local building called Stephens,
altered and extended in mid C19 on site of a much earlier
house known as the Refuge. Earliest part is of 2 storeys and
attics 5 windows and 3 dormers facing south, 3 windows facing
west. South front of red brick in Flemish bond with stone
coping, end quoins and band between floors. (The mathematical
tile and cement castellated parapet mentioned in the original
survey is now missing). Hipped slate roof with 3 modern
dormers and 2 unusual cemented octagonal turreted mid C19
chimneys. 5 sashes in moulded wooden architraves with
verticals only and horns to 1st floor. West front has deep
stone plinth ground floor of red brick and 1st floor of Roman
cement over brickwork with brick stringcourse. 3 sashes. Tower
Cottage is a stone extension with red brick dressings and
altered windows. North front is entirely faced in Roman
cement. East front is faced with Roman cement over stonework.
Attached to the east front is a set back mid C19 wing in
Gothic style, first of all a stone crow-stepped gable having
mullioned windows with dripmould and behind a tall 2 storey
cement rendered tower with octagonal turret and clustered
cement chimneystacks. Stone porch with 4 centred arched door
attached to wall by a leaden canopy (an upturned boat). North
front of this wing has a 2 storey splayed bay with crenellated
parapet and 3 sashes with glazing bars to 1st floor and
casements to ground floor. Attached on south front is a
coursed rubble stone wall about 6 feet in height with moulded
stone parapet incorporating 2 4 centred arched stone archways
with hood- mouldings. The right hand one appears C17, the
other a C19 copy. Interior contains staircase with turned
newels and dolphin carving. Interior not inspected.
(C W R Winter: The Manor Houses of the Isle of Wight: 157; N.
Pevsner: B.O.E. Hampshire and The Isle of Wight: 777).

Listing NGR: SZ3554389746

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580669

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (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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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)