Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE CASTLE STREET
736-1/10/19 (North side)
24/03/50 No.4

GV I

House. 1723-1728 for James Brydges, Duke of Chandos. By
Benjamin Holloway or Fort and Shepherd, the Duke's London
surveyors. Flemish-bond brick with vertical joint to No.1 Bond
Street on the left (qv), painted stone architraves and
doorcase, double Roman tile roof continuous with No.1 Bond
Street. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys; 2-window range. Moulded
segmental arches to 6/6-pane sash windows to the second floor
which have thick glazing bars and some crown glass, the rest
have mid C19 two horizontal panes with margin panes to each
sash. The 6-panel door to the right has beaded edges to the
panels, a moulded wooden architrave and a hood on wrought-iron
brackets. INTERIOR: the ground floor noted as being altered.
The terraces of houses in Castle Street form an important
group, unusual for their scale and ambition outside London's
West End.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: South and West Somerset:
London: 1958-: 100; Colvin H: A Biographical Dictionary of
British Architects 1660-1840: London: 1978-: 428; VCH:
Somerset: London: 1992-: 200).

Listing NGR: ST2998137198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17530051

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version