Description

Early 19th century. 2-storey, 6-bay pair of symmetrical classical houses forming terrace. Lightly stugged coursed cream sandstone to principal elevation; rubble side and rear elevations. Raised and polished long and short quoins; continuous base course and bracketted cornice. Projecting cills to 1st floor windows. Columned doorpieces to centre; flanking tripartite windows. Later squared and snecked stugged sandstone flat-roofed addition to right.

W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: Roman Doric columned doorpieces to central bays; plain frieze; projecting cornice above. Timber panelled doors; plate glass fanlight to 204; geometric fanlight to 202; single windows above. Tripartite windows in bays to left and right of centre; single windows to 1st floor. Stable and hayloft converted to garage adjoins 202 to outer right; flat roof.

Replacement windows to No 202; 2-pane timber sash and case windows to No 204. Grey slate roof with stone skews. Corniced gablehead stacks; mutual wallhead stack to centre with original cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

COACH HOUSE: single storey building set back from No 204. Random red sandstone rubble; long and short rubble quoins; single window (hayloft door?) at centre; ventilation holes (doocot flight holes?) set in stone above. Pitched roof.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIER: coped squared and snecked stugged sandstone wall to street. Ashlar pier to left; projecting base and string course; pyramidal stone cap.

Statement of Interest

The 1855 Ordnance Survey map refers to both houses as having formed part of the Cherry Bank Estate with extensive gardens and open land to rear. Nos 208-216 Newhaven Road were part of the same estate.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q56632104

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey