Description

NY 8283 - 8383 BELLINGHAM HIGH STREET

21/28 Nos. 1 - 3
(consecutive)

GV II

Formerly one house now divided into 3. Early C18 with older core. Random
rubble on boulder plinth, with Welsh slate roof. 5 irregularly-spaced bays.
3 storeys. Doorway, second from left, has flat surround with roll-moulded
edge, pulvinated frieze and cornice. Further late C19 plain doorways inserted
in 4th bay and between 3rd and 4th. Ground and 1st floor windows are in rustic
early C18 architraves. 2nd floor windows in later C18 moulded surrounds.
Windows in 4th bay blocked, others have C20 sashes. To rear, one small square
4-pane window left and one blocked C17 window with moulded surround and cornice
above. One stone ridge stack just to right of door. Inside many old beams,
some with run-out stops. Massive principal rafters and collar beams, probably
C17. Other roof timbers renewed. All internal partitions, except massively
built chimney breast below ridge stack, are C20 insertions. The house may have
been a cross-passage entry and an upper hall open to the roof.

Listing NGR: NY8384183335

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26591205

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas