Description

CHARLTON KINGS

SO9720SW BALCARRAS ROAD
630-1/38/11 (North East side)
14/12/83 Balcarras House

II

House. Late C16 or early C17, remodelled after 1880 for
General William Smith and his daughters, C20 additions and
alterations. Rendered with renewed tile roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement, and attic to centre and
gables, 4 first-floor windows. South-east (garden) facade:
off-centre left entrance a C20 part-glazed door, to left are
C20 French windows, to right a C20 extension with windows with
glazing-bars, to far right an 8/8 sash. First floor has 8/8
sashes in plain reveals and with blind boxes, to left of
centre an original chamfered single-light window. Central
gable has 3/6 sash. South-west gable-end has single light and
a 4-light window to ground floor and a 3-light window on first
floor with stone mullions and drip moulds. Basement has
blocked 2-light mullion window.
INTERIOR: reputed to have been altered.
(Paget M (ed), Charlton Local History Society: A History of
Charlton Kings: Gloucester: 1988-: 61).

Listing NGR: SO9723120252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666242

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)