Description

SU 4210 SOUTHAMPTON CANUTE ROAD

983/5/10030 Wight House

GV II

Bank. 1896; by S. Kelway Pope, for the Capital Counties Bank. Yellow brick with Bath stone dressings. Slate mansard roof with stone coping to gable ends and lead rolls, flats and dome. Gable end brick stacks with stone cornices. PLAN: Rectangular on plan with central entrance and stairhall. Victorian Italianate style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 2:1:2 bay north front. Paired and panelled end pilasters and central projecting bay with panelled pilasters, entablatures over ground and first floors, parapet, the centre bay with arcading; cambered arch windows with moulded stone architraves with small keystones and sashes without glazing bars [ground floor replaced]; central doorway with shouldered architrave with keystone and blind fanlight above. Small lead-clad dome over centre bay with small tented roof lantern with weathervane, flanked by dormers with segmental pediments. Similar dormers at rear, which has plainer elevation with sash windows with cambered arches. INTERIOR: Doorways with panelled architraves with cornices and cantilevered staircase with cast-iron balustrade with moulded mahogany handrail.

Listing NGR: SU4265610996

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26667416

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)