Description

SPALDWICK

49/0/10002 HIGH STREET
29-FEB-00 The Gables

GV II

House. Late C17/ early C18 with C19 additions and alterations. Whitewashed timber-frame and brick with plain-tile roof and brick left ridge stack. 3-unit lobby-entry plan, with extensions to left and rear. 2 storeys. 4-window range at first floor of 2-storey canted bay either side a square projection with 2/2 sash to front and narrow single-lights to side. To far right a further 2/2 sash. Panelled door and overlight in the square projection with similar side lights. On left end a lean-to extension with C18 2-panel door and HL hinges. 10/10 sash to right. To its left and to rear of the main range a 2-storey extension with horizontal sliding sash over a C20 window. End stack and single-storey partly outbuilding extension beyond. To rear of main range a 2-storey early C19 2-storey extension with 2/2 sashes over 2-light casements and a French window. Slate roof to this part.
INTERIOR. Tall-panel framing visible in the right-hand unit. Remodelled open fireplace, perhaps originally for copper. In the left unit an open fireplace with bressumer, partly infilled. 4-panel and plank doors. Clasped purlin roof with various renewals and framed partitions in roof area.
The Gables forms part of a significant group of listed buildings in High Street.

Listing NGR: TL1295672755

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660355

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]