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656-1/31/1767

VINEYARDS
No.15 and attached railings

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

12/06/50

GV II

House, now flats. c1765-1775 with mid C19 extension to rear. Developed by Thomas Omer.

MATERIALS: render with ashlar dressings to front, Render and ashlar to rear, double pile roof, parapeted to front, Welsh Slate to front, artificial slate to rear, with coped party walls to left and right with two ashlar stacks to front shared with No.16 Vineyards (qv) to right. Staircase to rear.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, attic and basement, two-window front. First floor has two two/two sashes in ovolo moulded architraves broken by rustic blocks with projecting keystones and stone sills with wrought iron balconettes. Second floor has Venetian window with six-pane fixed lights flanking three/six sash with fan-glazed head in surround with pilaster strips to moulded impost with ovolo moulded archivolt with projecting keystones, continuous stone sill on consoles. Ground floor has to right two six/six sashes in surrounds similar to first floor without balconettes to left six-panel door with flush beaded, fielded and glazed panels with Pennant step in doorcase shared with No.14 Vineyards (qv) with C19 timber architrave and floating cornice, one step to Pennant paved crossover with wrought iron footscraper also shared with No.14 Vineyards. Basement has two four/four sashes in splayed reveals, C20 half-glazed door and window infilling under crossover. Double dormer with plate glass sashes. Band courses over ground floor and first floor, rusticated quoins to left and right angles, bracketed eaves cornice, coped parapet continuous with No.14 Vineyards (qv). Rear elevation has mid C19 full height extension with pyramidal roof and pairs of round headed windows to second floor and third floor, further ashlar extensions to ground floor and basement, C19 and C20 windows.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached wrought iron railings with shaped heads on limestone bases.

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: ST7503265407

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q66477611

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)