Description

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In the entry for AXMINSTER SILVER STREET
north east side

Conservative Club
and Autec House

the address shall be amended to read SILVER STREET
north east side

Conservative Club and
Thomas Whitty House

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AXMINSTER SILVER STREET
SY 29 98 (north east side)
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11.8.50 Conservative Club and
GV Autec House (formerly
listed as Law Chambers
and Conservative Club)

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C18 factory building. Once the Axminster Carpet Factory established in 1755 and
closed in 1835. Large dressed stone building. Tarred slate roof with stone coping to
gable ends. Situated on corner site with curved angle. Three storeys. Ten window
range. Segmental arched openings mostly with three-light multi-pane windows with
small central opening lights. All of second floor windows replaced with modern ones.
The first floor six right hand windows are large sashes complete with glazing bars and
in segmental arch openings. Three doorways with large entablatures and Tuscan
pilasters, the centre and right hand retain original flush panel doors. Right hand
segmental arched carriageway.

Listing NGR: SY2969198468

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596398

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)