Description

SP 9433-9533 WOBURN GEORGE STREET
(East side)
8/106
22.10.52 No. 7 (The Chestnuts)
GV II*
House. Later C18. Red brick, that to front elevation in header bond, with
English bond to gable ends. Quoins, string course and cornice of Totternhoe
clunch. Slated mansard roof. Double-pile plan. 2 storeys and attics. C19
single-storeyed outbuildings project from rear. Symmetrical front elevation.
Ground floor has 2 Venetian windows, the pilasters, entablatures and
archivolts of wood. Semi-circular heads of central sashes are hidden by wood
louvres set into arch of surround. First floor has 2 modified Venetian
windows flanking single sash window. These differ from ground floor windows
in that central window and central part of outer ones have flat-headed sashes
surmounted by ogee arches. All 3 have simple console brackets below sills.
Outer windows are set into slightly projecting bays. Attic has 3 pedimented
dormers, all containing sashes with glazing bars. Central doorway has 6-panel
door, upper pair glazed, other 4 fielded, set in plain reveals. Flanking
pilasters support an ornamented ogee head, all of timber. String course and
cornice have simple mouldings. Red brick integral stacks to both gable ends.
Interior: 2 ground floor rooms retain fielded pine panelling and fire
surrounds. Open well staircase with paired barleytwist balusters. Ground and
first floor windows retain internal panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: SP9496433063

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17551016

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (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)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)