Description

TL 3770 OVER HIGH STREET (North Side)

10/98 No. 22 (formerly listed 31.8.62 as Black Horse House)

II

House c.1660 restored recently (1984). Clear red brick with some burnt brick to side walls. Steeply pitched tiled roofs with repaired end parapets on moulded brick kneelers to crosswing gables. End stacks to rear of crosswings. Half H-plan. Two storeys and attics. Each gable end has a C20 casement above a brick band at eaves height carried over segmental arch to first floor casements of each crosswing. The tympanum of the arches is filled with yellow bricks. Doorway off-centre and possibly leading to entry and stair bay at low end of hall. Plain band between storeys. Yellow gault brick arches to three C20 casements. Interior not seen. Possibly associated with Dutch prisoners of war who were used in construction of the New Bedford River and who remained at Over after peace was concluded in 1654. T. Bevis. Strangers in the Fens

Listing NGR: TL3760670642

External Links

• Wikidata Q26457964

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)