Description

SO 7225-7325 NEWENT CHURCH STREET
(south side) I

13/97 No 35 (The Porch House)
(formerly listed as The Porch house
2.10.54

GV II

House; early and late C18; render, lined as ashlar, to front, plain
plinth, tiled roof. 'L' plan, front 2 rooms deep. Five windows
wide, 3 storeys. Largely symmetrical front: door up 2 stone steps,
8 panels, top 2 glazed, remainder fielded; plain rectangular
fanlight, panelled reveals. Fluted Ionic columns and responds to
porch, lowest third reeded: open pediment, dentil frieze. To left
2 sash windows, wide, moulded architraves, projecting stone sills
on end consoles. To right 1 similar window, cambered head to
cellar opening at ground level; to right window enlarged to form
doorway, up 2 stone steps, plain reveals, moulded surround, door
and fanlight as front door. First floor 5 windows as ground floor,
sills form continuous plain string course. Second floor 3 sash
windows, single-pane high sashes, sills as below. Modillion eaves
cornice; circular lead rain-water pipe with contemporary shaped
head to left front door. Gable brick chimneys: third to right
front door.
Internally: moulded cornice entrance hall, 6-panel doors; fluting
and paterae alternate in angle fireplace lintel: half Ionic column
on left of stairs at foot. Panelled shutters to ground floor
windows: dado panelling to room on right, semi-circular recess in
one wall, Adam-style fireplace surround, moulded cornice. Turned
balusters to stairs: flight up from first floor original. Original
house 2 bay, 2½ storey, enlarged 1 bay on right and eaves raised
late C18.

Listing NGR: SO7237825904

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625977

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)