Description

WELLS

ST5445 SADLER STREET
662-1/7/234 (West side)
No.25A
Box Bush Cottage

GV II

House attached to rear and formerly part of No.25 (qv). Rubble
and pantile. Some C17 internal fabric, refronted late C18 or
early C19, substantially restored late C20. 2-room
single-depth plan with central staircase, and symmetrical
front.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows with two 12-pane
replacement sashes flanking a blind opening above a flat
canted bay and 16-pane sash with central C19 part-glazed door.
INTERIOR: the ground floor retains 3 rough deep-chamfered
beams, and the room to the left has a deep niche, possibly a
former window opening; the renewed winder staircase includes a
part-glazed screen removed from a chapel in Union Street.
At the head of the stair is an C18 fielded 3-panel door. The
first floor has small bressumer fireplace, with segmental head
and stopped ends, and further rough beams. The upper winder
stair is of the early fabric, and the 3-bay roof has heavy
tie-beams with late C20 steel props, and one purlin.

Listing NGR: ST5491245859

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663070

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings