Description

CHACEWATER CHACEWATER
SW 74 SW
4/56 Woodside
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GV II
House, originally 2 houses. Circa mid-late C18 remodelled and extended in circa late
C19-early C19. Elvan ashlar front with killas rubble to sides and some slatehanging
to rear. Mostly dry Delabole slate roofs with brick chimneys over gable ends, 1
rendered axial stack and brick chimney over end wall of hipped rear wing with scantle
roofed lean-to beyond with further brick chimney. Originally small 1-room plan house
with entrance to 1 side and larger 2-room house with central entrance. Converted to 1
house circa late C18 with stair turret added or remodelled to rear, left of middle,
and rear wing added to larger part right plus further C19 lean-to beyond and C19 lean-
to to right. 2 storeys. 5-window north front with old 16-pane hornless sashes and
much crown glass and internal fielded-panelled window shutters. Entrance in 2nd
ground floor opening with original 6-panel door with fielded panels and overlight.
4th ground floor opening now with 16-pane hornless sash but was entrance to larger
house. Plinth. Slightly cambered elvan arches over openings with projecting bracket
moulded keystones. Moulded cornice under rendered parapet with plan coping. Round-
headed possibly original sash to rear with wide glazing bars stair turret.
Interior Partial internal inspection of middle front room and stair hall. Middle
room has C18 moulded plaster ceiling cornice and eared fireplace surround. Stair hall
has open-well closed-string stair with stick balusters on plinths and C18 moulded
ceiling cornice. Further original or old features may survive in other parts of the
house.
This house has unspoilt elevations to all sides and appears to retain most of its
internal plan and features.

Listing NGR: SW7487344340

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614266

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)