Description

ST 56 SE CHEW MAGNA C.P. HIGH STREET (south side)

3/47 Acacia House and The Firs
21.9.60 (formerly listed as Acacia House)

II

House, now 2 houses. Mid C18 with some later alterations. Coursed sandstone
freestone with limestone dressings, slate roofs with raised coped verges and stone
gable stacks. 2 storeys and 5 windows, centre 3 bays slightly broken forward,
all windows sashes with replacement glazing bars in raised moulded architraves
with keystones, central panelled and glazed door in moulded architrave with heavy
triple keystone and pediment on consoles; plinth, band course, cornice, parapet
and coping, pediment over central 3 bays with blind lunette in tympanum. To
left, a single storey wing with round-headed sash with Gothic intersecting glazing
bars set in round-headed recess, band course running frum imposts of recess,
coping to parapet; to right and slightly set back, 2-storey wing, probably later
but in conforming style, with band course continued, one sash at ground floor and
2 at first floor, coping; similar single storey wing to right with round-headed
C20 panelled and glazed door in recess. Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST5747563109

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599467

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)