Description

SYDNEY BUILDINGS
656-1/42/1628 (West side)

No.39 Sydney Lodge

(Formerly Listed as:
SYDNEY BUILDINGS
No.39 (Sydney Lodge).
No.40 (Preston House))
11/08/72

GV II

House, part of an irregular terrace backing onto Kennet and Avon Canal. c1830.
MATERIALS: Limestone ashlar, roof unseen with moulded stacks to gable ends and left-of-centre ridge.
PLAN: L-plan with projecting south (or left) wing.
EXTERIOR: Two storeys and lower ground floor, four-window front with central Ionic porch, consisting of an advanced one-bay wing to south, and recessed three bays to north. Coped parapet, cornice, first floor sill band, ground floor platband and plinth; plate glass sash windows, those to ground floor with cornices on consoles, that to left bay of ground floor is blind. Cornice and pilasters to former doorcase are fronted by later prostyle portico with Ionic columns and entablature. Six-panel door has circular panels to base and top, margin lights and overlights. Two first floor windows flanking portico have balconettes.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST7587464593

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674266

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)