Description

SU 73 NW CHAWTON WINCHESTER ROAD

2/3 Alphonsus House

GV II

Large house, formerly the Dower House. Late C18, and late C19. Malmstone
ashlar walls with Bath stone dressings; quoins, 1st and 2nd floor bands, plinth,
openings set within oval arched recesses. Low-pitched hipped slate roof with a
wide eaves on carved brackets. A 3-storeyed building of symmetrical classical
treatment, with extensions on 3 sides in the Arts and Crafts manner. West front:
3 storeys; symmetrical 3 windows. Sashes in reveals, 2 windows now replace the
former central porch. The north elevation shows the end of the main block, with
similar treatment (of 1 window), but on its east side is a 2-storeyed wing, with
a steep tiled roof, tile-hung upper walls (with scalloped bands) and lower wall
of brickwork, and at the junction a 2-storeyed gabled porch of similar form. The
south elevation shows the attachment of brick and tile service wings, of lower
height and complex form. At the rear (east) there is a part of the main block,
of brickwork in English bond with blue headers, the 2 late C19 extensions being
separated by a yard, the larger unit on the north side having a prominent gable
above a 2-storeyed splayed bay with mullion and transom windows.

Listing NGR: SP6437033376

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26589398

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