Description

SU 61 NW DROXFORD
7/12 Halfway House
6.3.67
II
House, once a public house. C17 timber frame, with late C18 cladding of part,
and late C19 rear block. Exposed frame on two walls with painted brick infill
(some herringbone), the east facade of painted brickwork in Flemish bond with
plinth, full-height pilasters at each side, brick dentil cornice to the pediment/
gable (containing an oval recess), and Venetian arches: other walls of painted
brickwork in Flemish Garden Wall bond, and red brickwork in stretcher bond. Tile
roof of mixed form, one hipped and one gabled dormer. L-shaped original block
(hall and crosswing?) with a narrow C19 block along the rear, the east gable
(facing the roadway) having a classical facade planted on it, with one Venetian
window (casements) above another (sashes). The remainder of the building, of
one storey and attic and irregular fenestration, has vernacular features, with
casements. There are two similar doorways, having open pediments on carved brackets,
architraves, one 2-panelled door and a half-glazed door.

Listing NGR: SU6105719421

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26387874

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)