Description

LONDON ROAD
(North side)

No.14 Whyke House
(Formerly Listed
as: LONDON ROAD
North side)
Whyke House)
11/08/72

GV II

Detached villa. Early C19. Now divided into flats.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, roof unseen.
PLAN: Double depth plan with rear left wing.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys, symmetrical five-window front. Parapet, cornice and frieze, banded rustication to ground floor with radial voussoirs up to moulded ground floor band over segmental arched recesses to six/six-pane sash windows. six-panel door and five-pane overlight, prostyle porch with entablature and blocking course supported by plain square paired columns connected at top and bottom creating pierced central panels.
INTERIOR: No. 5 recorded by Bath Preservation Trust 1991. The hall has a double inner door with fanlight, and flagged-stone floor. Cantilevered stone staircase has carved mahogany handrail and scrolled mahogany newel post, and every sixth baluster is scrolled metal to the first landing, then every fifth baluster. Drawing room has arch with fine scrolling, black marble fireplace with grey/tan marbled intrusions. Extensive wine cellars with storage space and wine racks. West drawing room has white marble fireplace with sheaves and swags decorating the surround.

Listing NGR: ST7626266429

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673849

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)