Description

TL 4478 SUTTON HIGH STREET
(South side)

17/39 No 31

GV II

House. Late c17. Red brick, mainly Flemish bond, on plinth. Steeply pitched
roof now covered in asbestos tiles formerly thatched with swept end parapets,
partly rebuilt, on kneelers. Original ridge stack. Two storeys and attic
with three brick band between the storeys. Three 1912 gable dormers. Four
first floor small casements under rubbed brick arches, some retaining
undisturbed openings with chamfered mullions and original ironwork. At ground
floor similar rubbed arches including two early C19 twelve pane hung sashes.
The original doorway has an eared surround of moulded brick and a moulded
brick cornice now rendered. Moulded doorway architrave and six panelled door
including two flush and two raised and field panels. Adjoining to the west is
a late C19 office of brick with leanto roof. At the rear a service wing of
different building period. Brick and originally reed thatched roof. Interior:
Abutting inglenook fireplaces, now sealed, and off the centre room the
original staircase with closed string, square newel with faceted finial and
splat section balusters. At first floor the staircase from this centre room
to the attic is of same period and has two similar newels and finials and
moulded rail but the splat section balusters are inclined, and tenoned to the
newel and parallel to the rail. The main ceiling beams are stop chamfered and
there are raised and fielded panelled doors. The rear range has a hearth for
a copper and a loft above.

Listing NGR: TL4460078825

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616401

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)