Description

SO 3288 and SO 3289
11/75, 12/75

BISHOP'S CASTLE CP
WELSH STREET (north-east side)
No. 2 and forecourt railings

GV
II
House and railings. Late C17 with early-C19 refenestration. Painted coursed limestone rubble with internal timber framed partition walls, and slate roof with catslide over outshut to rear. Formerly T-plan (c.f. No. 4, Welsh Street), now L-plan. Two storeys and attic. Semi-integral end stack to right with brick top stage, and brick ridge end-stack to left.

Fill: square panels (internal). Three bays, narrow projecting centre bay breaking through eaves to form dormer gable with two-light casement; glazing bar sashes, sixteen-pane in outer bays; central half-glazed door with pilastered surround and triangular pedimented hood. Dovecote in gabled wing to rear.

INTERIOR: double staggered-purlin roof with double queen-strut trusses and lath and plaster infil panels; late C17 L-shaped staircase with landing, closed string, turned balusters, moulded grip rail square newel posts, and bottom newel post with bulbous finial; splat balusters shaped to represent twisted balusters on first floor and in short staircase to attic; C17 fireplaces.

Despite the early C19 fenestration, this is still a very complete example of a late C17 house. This house extends behind Nos. 4 and 6, Welsh Street (q.v.) which also incorporates part of it. Late C19 cast iron railed enclosure at front.

Listing NGR: SO3230088998

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583123

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Recommended Books

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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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)