Description

PRESTON MAIN STREET, East Side
SK 8602 and SK 8702
4/18
No 40 Preston House
(Formerly listed as
10/11/55 Preston House and
Outbuildings in Oakham
Road)
II
House, C17,C18,C19. L plan. 2 storeys and attic. Front to Oakham Road has,
from left, small C17 range with two stone-mullioned windows vertically aligned.
Next range is C18: 3 casement dormers in attic, 4 symmetrically arranged sashes,
the bottom left flanked by 2 smaller casements. Large, C19 2 storey, tri-partite
bay window with 6 regularly placed identical sashes. Ashlar quoins. Stone coping.
3 Ashlar stacks: 2 gable end, one central. The return front to Preston Main
Street is 2 storey. First floor has one stone dressed casement. Ground floor
has early C19 bow to the right of an C18 classical timber doorcase with entablature
and pediment itself flanked by 2 hall lights. Ashlar double stack on gable.
Low range to right with two stone mullioned windows. Brick and render stack.

Listing NGR: SK8718502655

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26335603

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)