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SO9545 BRIDGE STREET 648-1/5/52 (West side) 11/02/65 No.60 Stanhope House

GV II*

House. Approx 1780 with later alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond. Hipped plain tile roof with 2 central leaded gullies, painted modillion cornice to front, and stepped dentilled eaves to sides; brick stacks, one to end of ridge, one external, and 2 lateral. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar; 3-window range. Painted sill bands and moulded rendered plinth. On 2nd floor, central 3/6 sash with painted channelled voussoirs and keystone, flanked by tripartite windows with 2/4:3/6:2/4 sashes and corniced surrounds. 1st and ground floors have, to outer bays, 2-storey canted bay-windows with pitched leaded roofs, cornices, and 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes. On 1st floor, central 6/6 sash with painted channelled voussoirs and keystone. On ground floor at centre, curving double flight of 6 moulded stone steps with iron hand rail up to 6-panel door below Gothick-traceried fanlight with infilled panelled reveal and Classical architrave which has 3/4 Doric columns on plinths, entablature with paterae, and open pediment. Later brick extension on right. Some lead hoppers and downpipes. Rear elevation has 2-storey canted bay-window with 4/4:6/6:4/4 sashes; 2 staggered rectangular staircase windows with margin lights; and tripartite sashes above. INTERIOR: 6-panel doors with wide architraves and deep reveals; in front left room, panels with re-entrant curved corners, moulded dado rails, triglyph cornice, Adam-style fireplace with fluted pilasters; in front right room, wooden panelling with billet moulding; central dog-leg staircase with wreathed handrail, grooved balusters, and upper floor frieze. (BoE: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-: 242).

Listing NGR: SO9505945517

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