Description

SE 9218-9318 WINTERTON WEST STREET
(south side)

9/73 No 53 (The Chains)

GV II

House. Late C18-early C19 with earlier origins, by William Fowler of
Winterton. C20 restorations. Coursed limestone rubble and brick, rendered.
Slate roof to main section; pantiles to lower section to left. Gothick
style. L-shaped on plan, with 2 projecting bays to front and
studio/workshop range to rear. Main front comprises 2-storey single-bay
section flanked by projecting 3-storey bays jettied-out at first floor
level. Single storey and attic range to left. Entrance beneath jettied
bay on left. Part-glazed panelled door in architrave with narrow window
to left flanked by 1984 temporary brick piers supporting jetty. Jettied
bay to right has central projecting support with Tudor-arched recess containing
louvred panel, flanked by plastered vaulting supported on plain moulded
corbels. Similar vaulting to left bay removed at time of re-survey.
Central section has 16-pane sash with shutters beneath pediment and 3-light
first floor sliding sash beneath moulded and deeply-coved eaves cornice.
Jettied bays have 3-light sliding sashes with glazing bars to each floor.
Pitched roof to main central section, hipped to jettied bays. Lateral
stacks to jettied bays, end stacks. Lower section to left: single casement,
gabled dormer, axial stack. Interior: beamed ceilings; good carved wood
Gothick chimneypiece by W. Fowler. William Fowler, 1761-1832, architect,
builder and engraver, is chiefly famous for his antiquarian and
architectural engravings, for which he received widespread patronage from
scholars, gentry and royalty. His son Joseph, 1791-1882, also an architect
and builder, lived here after his marriage in 1828. J.T. Fowler, The
Correspondence of William Fowler, 1907. N. Pevsner and J Harris, The
Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, 1978, 426.

Listing NGR: SE9269318626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605798

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