Description

1930's 2-storey detached villa,roughly L-plan;mixture of traditional materials and Modern references.Rock-faced rubble,pitched slated roofs with timber-corniced slightly overhanging eaves,red ridge tiles;Art Deco glazing and wrought-ironwork.

S ELEVATION:broad single S-facing bay,with strip-glazed semi-circular bowed window at ground,with Art Deco wrought-iron balustrade;wide 8-light window recessed at centre of 1st floor (timber mullions).

W ELEVATION:4-bays:2 2-storey bays to right of projecting square-plan pitched roofed stair tower,lit by continous vertical strip window,with amber-coloured Art Deco style leaded glass;door in canted porch in SW re-entrant angle,with wrought-iron Art Deco balustrade,2-leaf diaper-patterned oakdoor.Lower single storey wing toleft with plate glass window jettied out on iron-work bracketing.Boundary wall rebuilt to W;original wrought-iron gate at SW.

INTERIOR not seen (1991).

Statement of Interest

Listed for quality of surviving Art Deco glazing.

Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)