Description

SEMINGTON HIGH STREET
ST 86 SE
(west side)
4/196 Brook House
GV II

Villa. Circa 1850. Limestone ashlar, hipped Welsh slate roof with
ashlar stacks. Rectangular main range with rear service wing.
Italianate. Two-storey, 3-window, symmetrical front. Central door
with glazed vertical panels, pilastered porch with consoles to
cornice, either side are triple plate glass sashes with segmental
headed and heavy moulded cornice with consoles. First floor has
central double round-arched sashes with moulded capitals to
pilasters flanked by triple sashes with round-arched heads and
moulded capitals. Moulded cornice to blocking course with 3 panels
of pierced oval discs. Left return has triple sashes with
segmental heads, consoles to cornice, within conservatory, 2-light
wooden casement to left, first floor has 2-light flush mullioned
casement to left and triple round-arched window to right with blind
sidelights and centre sash, cornice to plain blocking course.
Right return has 16-pane sashes. Rear 2-storey service wing with
flush mullioned sashes and rear of main range with 16-pane sashes.
Interior not accessible at time of survey (January 1987), but said
to retain original features such as stairs and joinery. Included
as a good little altered example of the Italianate villa, probably
built for a local industrial entrepreneur.

Listing NGR: ST8980260792

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553204

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Berkshire (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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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)