Description

ST4214 LOPEN CP CHURCH STREET (North side)

8/47 Cross Tree House, with front
boundary wall and railings
19.3.80

GV II

Detached house. Probably C18, modified in C19. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; thatched roof to steep
pitch between stepped coped gables; ashlar chimney stacks. Two storeys with attic, 3 bays. Above, 3-light
horizontal-bar casement windows with timber lintels; below, C19 bay windows with lead flat roofs to bays 1 and 3, and
to bay 2 a C19 elliptical-arched doorway with beaded ashlar surround having keystone and imposts, with 6-flush-panel
door and radial-glazed fanlight, flanked by two semi-circular arched windows to match, with leaded lights. East gable
has horizontal-bar basements at 3 levels; against west gable a 2-storey 2-bay extension, in course of rebuilding (March
1986). lnterior not seen. Enclosing front garden of main house, about 4 metres deep, a low ashlar wall crowned with
simple wrought-iron railings with spikes; gateway opposite doorway with rectangular ashlar piers having bellhip caps
and pair of C20 timber gates; returns back to corners of house in brick with stone copings about 2 metres high: the
whole contributes to the setting of the house and to the streetscene generally, on an important corner.

Listing NGR: ST4259614370

Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)