Description

WALLINGFORD THAMES STREET
SU6089SE (East side)
Wallingford
11/165 Bridge House

GV II

House, now Old People's Home. Late C18. Possibly by Sir Robert Taylor. Yellow
brick; roof not visible; yellow brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. 3-storey,
5-window range. 4-panel part-glazed door with overlight to centre with square
porch on coupled Doric square piers. 12-pane, unhorned sashes to ground and
first floor. Flat stone band between ground and first floor. 6-pane unhorned
sashes to second floor. Stone cornice and yellow brick parapet to eaves. Rear:
ashlar Portland stone. 3-storey, 3-window range. Quoins to left and right ends,
Curved stairs to central double sash door with flat hood on carved brackets.
Tripartite sashes with glazing bars to left and right. Flat stone band between
ground and first floors. 12-pane unhorned sash to first floor centre. Tripartite
Sashes with glazing bars to left and right, 6-pane pivoting casements to second
floor centre. Diocletian windows to left and right. Cornice and parapet to
eaves. Interior: dog-leg staircase to rear centre.

Listing NGR: SU6093689422

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300607

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version