Description

SO 8005 SE STONEHOUSE BATH ROAD (south side)

7/140 Ivy Grove

28.6.60 II

Former detached house, now part of school. Early-mid C17; C19 alterations. Random rubble limestone, mostly roughcast rendered; ashlar dressings and chimneys; concrete plain tile roof. L-plan; 2-storey with attic; 2-storey with attic porch on north side. Large C20 addition to west is not of special interest. South: wing with roll-moulded parapet gable end having openwork finial projects forward to right with single-window recessed cavetto mullioned casement fenestration with hoodmoulds, 2 + 2-light to ground floor, 3-light to upper and 2-light to attic floors. Irregularly coursed quoins. Single 2-light casements to west side of wing. C20 angled porch at junction with south-facing elevation with single-window fenestration to left, 5-light recessed cavetto mullioned to ground floor with hoodmould; 3-light to upper floor and 2-light in full attic gable, both plain chamfered without hoods. East side: roll-moulded parapet gable with openwork finial forms gable end of main range with side of front wing running to left. Recessed cavetto mullioned fenestration with hoodmoulds, 3- light to upper floor; some blocking and alterations. Ridge- mounted chimney with 2 diagonal shafts have moulded caps. North: 2 gables, left having roll-moulded parapet; former porch to centre. Single-window fenestration to each gable, upper floor left having 2 and 3-light recessed cavetto mullioned casements under combined hoodmould; otherwise all are 2-light except upper floor of right gable, formerly 3-light altered with inserted doorway giving access on to single-storey flat-roofed addition. Interior: much panelling with fine fireplace to ground floor room. Jacobean staircase with turned balusters and openwork finials, possibly partially C19 copy. Extended collar truss roof construction.

Listing NGR: SO8073305060

External Links

• Wikidata Q26624836

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)