Description

SP 01 NW SHIPTON SHIPTON OLIFFE

5/105 The Gables
GV II

Detached house. Dated and initialled S.S.1867 on sunken trefoil-
headed plaque towards apex of porch gable. Rock-faced coursed
limestone. Roof; red and purple tiles in bands, stone stacks.
Rectangular plan. 2½ storeys. Three-windowed west front with
central gabled projecting porch, canted, stone-mullioned bay
windows with transoms either side of porch. Cross windows to first
floor above each canted bay, single light above porch, similar
single lights towards apex of each gable. All lights with ogee-
curved trefoil heads, carved oak trees between lights, blue brick
arches over first and second floor windows. C20 part-glazed door
at front of porch within ogee trefoil-headed arch with blue brick
arch following curve above. Fenestration on south front similar to
that on west front but without canted bays. Parallel gabled roof
with decorative ridge cresting Gable end and lateral stacks with
original crown louvred chimney pots. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP0375118641

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26449185

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)