Description

EYE

TM1473 CASTLE STREET
585-1/7/52 (South side)
15/06/51 No.50
Willow House

II

House. Mid C16 rear wing, early C17 front block, altered mid
C18 and refronted early C19. Rendered and colourwashed timber
frame. Plaintile roofs.
EXTERIOR: facade of 2 storeys. 3-window range. Central
8-panelled and fielded door, the upper two panels glazed.
Doorcase of fluted pilasters and plain entablature. One 6/6
unhorned sash above. Either side is a full-height canted bay
window fitted with 6/6 unhorned sashes. Gabled roof with
external gable-end stack to west.
Rear of front block dominated by 2-storey mid C18 gabled
staircase tower, with a round-headed 8/8 sash. Square privy
turret in angle between this and main wall. C20 conservatory
to ground floor with 66 unhorned sash above. Rear wing of 2
storeys. West side with pentice porch protecting door. One C19
casement right and left and one to first floor. Gabled roof
with central ridge stack and ridge stack to north. East side
is irregular 3-window range. Panelled door within timber
doorcase. Mixed C19 casements.
INTERIOR: front block with close-studded timber frame. East
room with brick 4-centred fireplace with sunk-quadrant
mouldings. Boxed bridging beams. Mid C18 open-string
staircase: 3 turned balusters per tread, ramped and wreathed
handrail and dado rail. C17 small-framed panelling to wall of
staircase landing. First-floor west room with sunk-quadrant
moulded bridging beam with two soffit fillets. Roof of
principals, collars, lower tier of butt purlins, upper tier of
through purlins. Curved windbraces. Rear wing. Heavy timber
frame. Chamfered bridging beams to ground floor. 2 blocked
first-floor windows to west. Clasped purlin roof with
diminished principals and curved windbraces.

Listing NGR: TM1472573693

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26602882

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)