Description

SP 5937 & SP 6037 TURWESTON MAIN STREET
(west side)
7/142 & 8/14 Turweston House

31.10.73
II*

Early C18 small country house. Ashlar. Slate roof; stone stacks
with separate square shafts linked by moulded cornice. 2 storeys
and attic, with first floor string, chamfered quoins and small
coved stone cornice. Barred sash windows. West front has 7 bays,
the centre 3 slightly projecting with pediment containing round
window; central glazed door in architrave, stone cornice with
key block on console brackets; one dormer window on each side of
pediment; lead pipes and rainwater heads decorated with swags
flank central projection. South front has 4 bays with one central
dormer and conservatory in LH bay. North front has 4 bays with 2
shouldered architrave doorways with key blocks on consoles in central
bays, RH one is blind; 2 RH bays blind and handed. To left of
N. front is a 4 bay rendered range of 2 storeys with first floor
string course and 3 cambered arched openings on ground floor.
Similar sashes to 4th bay and first floor.
Interior: early C18 staircase with turned balusters and closed string.

Listing NGR: SP6000337758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17535961

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)