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656-1/31/1764

VINEYARDS
No.12

(Formerly Listed as:THE VINEYARDS Nos.11-19 (Consec))

12/06/50

GV
II
House. c1765-1775, raised C19. Developed by Thomas Omer.

MATERIALS: render and ashlar to front, ashlar, now painted to rear, parapeted roof, pantile to front, covering not visible to rear, with two ashlar stacks with some early clay pots on coped party wall to left. Staircase to rear.

EXTERIOR: three storey, two-window front. First floor has two six/six sashes in plain reveals with continuous lowered stone sill, second floor has three grouped four/four, six/six, four/four sashes in plain reveals with continuous stone sill. Ground floor has to left two six/six sashes in splayed reveals with continuous stone sill, to right six-panel door with flush reeded, moulded and glazed panels in flat surround with unmoulded hood on shaped brackets. Plinth, coved probable former eaves cornice over second floor, frieze moulded eaves cornice and coped parapet continuous with No.11 Vineyards (qv). Lead hopperhead and part-lead downpipe to left shared with No.11 Vineyards. Rear elevation partially visible has two-storey rear wing.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

HISTORY: built on land formerly the property of Hayne family from 1638 when Thomas Hayne bought it from William Snygge; passed by inheritance to Charles Hayne 1750 who cleared it of a mortgage and other encumbrances; in 1755 plans to sell Vineyards to Thomas Omer for building reached advanced stage but not finally realised until indenture of 26 February 1755, Charles Hayne to Thomas Omer, Gent, and Thomas Jelly, Carpenter his trustee, sold Vineyards for building at yearly rent of £50. Belmont constructed on west edge of same ground.

The plot on which the present Vineyards terrace is built is referred to by the name ‘Vineyards’ (or similar archaic variants) throughout its documented history, though it is uncertain when its use for growing vines ceased. Row to north of Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel originally called Harlequin Row because of unusual use of brick and stone in construction.

Listing NGR: ST7503465389

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674486

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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 Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair