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TM1473 CHURCH STREET 585-1/7/63 (South side) 15/06/51 Nos.20 AND 22

GV II

Formerly known as: Paddock House CHURCH STREET. Two houses. Early C17, remodelled early C18 and with later alterations . Roughcast and colourwashed timber frame. Pantiled roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and dormer attic. 4-window range. Two 6-panelled doors with upper two panels glazed, that to No.20 late C18, to No.22 C20. Doorcase to No.20 with open pediment on consoles. Between doors in centre of elevation a single-storey canted bay window added C19, with C20 leaded casements. One early C20 cross casement to left of elevation, one 2-light and one 4-light late C19 casements to right of elevation. First floor fenestration from right to left: one 4-light C19 casement, one 2-light C19 casement, small late C19 oriel window with 1/1 and 2/2 horned sashes, one 2/2 horned sash. Gabled roof with 4 flat-topped C20 dormers fitted with casements. Ridge stack left of centre. External gable-end stack to west. East gable with single-storey lean-to outshut with a 3-light C20 casement. INTERIOR (No.20 only described): early C17 sunk-quadrant moulded bridging beam in entrance hall. Blocked arched doorway formerly leading into No.22: panelled jambs with capitals below keyblocked round arch. Staircase lobby approached via a 4-centred archway. Small-framed dado panelling of masons' mitre. Closed-string early C17 staircase: turned balusters on square-section bases. Moulded handrails. String with pulvinated frieze carved with incised diamond and oval patterns. Square newel posts enriched with raised oval and diamond decoration. West ground-floor room has one wall with large-framed early C18 panelling. Panelled boxed bridging beams. Bolection-moulded chimneypiece with pulvinated frieze. Rafter and purlin roof of early C18.



Listing NGR: TM1468973871

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  For the Record
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)