Description

TL 64 SE HELIONS BUMPSTEAD CAMPS ROAD 2/24 The Old Marquis

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House, C16, extended in C18 and C19. Timber framed, roughcast rendered, roofed with red clay tiles, part handmade, part machine-made. Aligned N-S, with C18 extension at S end and C19 E extension from N end, forming an L-plan. 2 axial chimney stacks in original range, one C19/C20 external stack at W wall at S end. Single-storey lean-to extension to N, with slate roof elevation (towards Camps Road), one splayed bay of 3 double-hung sash windows of 4-6-4 lights, late C19, 2 double-hung sash windows of 6 lights, late C19, and one small C20 casement window. First floor, 3 similar sash windows. The interior has plain-chamfered axial and transverse beams, and others boxed in, and a large wood-burning hearth at the N end. The walls of the original building have been raised approx. 1.50 metres, C17/18, and the roof rebuilt. It was a public house, The Marquis of Granby, until 1960.

Listing NGR: TL6503341721

External Links

• Wikidata Q26603627

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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