Description

SP 8020 WHITCHURCH HIGH STREET
(west side)

9/205 No. 53 (Melbury Cottage)

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- II

House. C17, altered. Right side has timber frame with some close studding
and rendered and colourwashed infill. Front rebuilt in brick, rendered
and colourwashed. Old tile roofs. Brick chimney to far gable of right
side. L-plan with C19 bay in rear angle. Range to front is of
2 storeys and attic and 2 bays. C20 3-light leaded casements with
segmental heads. Right gable has old 3-light casement with diamond
leading to first floor, single C20 leaded light to attic, and C20 door
to right. Lower 2-storey bay at right-angles to rear has old 5-light
diamond leaded casements to first floor, and small canted bay window
with flanking single lights and C20 leaded glazing below. Small boarded
opening to far right.
RCHM II p. 328 Mon.ll.

Listing NGR: SP8015820835

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617575

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to 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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)