Description

1. NEWTOWN
5411 (North Side)

Nos 53 to 59 (consec)
ST 8261 1/38 7.11.63.
ST 8260 2/38

II* GV

2.
Row of C17 or early C18 gabled houses, with stone-tiled roofs and eaves
projecting between gables. Windows under wood lintels generally 2-light
wood casements with glazing bars, but some are leaded. Some sash windows.
One house (No 58) with projecting wooden bay on ground floor carried
on wood brackets. Houses are 2 storey - attics and each has a plain square-headed
door opening to side of frontage. Weathered strings at 1st floor and
2nd floor levels and at base of gable pediments. Blocked oval "bulls-eyes"
in most gables. No 53 differs from remainder in being of lower elevation
and in having a central doorway and central gable with 2-light leaded
wooden casement. Other windows are 3-light casements on 1st floor and
4-light casements on ground floor all with moulded stone mullions and
dripmoulds. Grade II* for group value.

Nos 52 to No 62 and 62B (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: ST8239061006

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17540016

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Care and Repair