Description

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SO5139NW
683-1/7/237

HEREFORD
ST JOHN STREET (west side)
No.4, Ainslie House

(Formerly listed under ST JOHN'S STREET, previously listed as: ST JOHN'S STREET Nos.4, 5 AND 6)

10/06/52

GV
II
House, now flats. Late C18. Brick; hipped Welsh slate roof; brick end stacks. Three storeys; symmetrical three window range: C20, eight/eight sashes under gauged brick flat arches; four/four and paired two/two sashes over; brick modillion eaves. Central six fielded-panel door, and ornamental overlight, in moulded frame, recessed under moulded flat hood on consoles; flanked by eight/eight sashes. Wing to right, slightly recessed, has two C20, four/eight sashes under segmental arches; four/four sashes in C19 brickwork over; brick modillion eaves; C20 brick end stack. Six-panel door to right; four/eight sash; segmental arches.

INTERIOR: late C18/early C19 dogleg staircase with stick balusters and swan neck rail, and turned balusters. Ground floor: cornice to hall; coved ceilings; panelled dado; six-panel doors. Cellar: stone and brick-lined; part brick vaulted; brick bins; brick floor.

Listing NGR: SO5107439909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26584996

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)