Description

SHILTON LEICESTER ROAD
SP48SW (East side)
7/24 Shilton House
- II

House. Said to have date 1824 in room in left wing. Flemish bond brick. Slate
roofs; shallow-hipped main roof has deep eaves; late C19 blue brick lateral
stacks. Double-pile plan, with lean-to wings. 2 storeys; 3-window symmetrical
central range. Wings of one storey and attic; one-window range. Flush 6-panelled
door and fanlight with decorative glazing. Moulded rendered doorcase of inner
and outer arches, Tuscan pilasters and entablature. Initials WM and IHM in
brickwork to left of door. Sashes have rendered lintels. Wings each have 2 brick
round blank arches with fanlight windows and stone course at springing. First
floor has casements with glazing bars and brick flat arches, of 2 lights to left
and 3 lights to larger right wing. Roof of right wing sweeps down lower.
Interior: dog-leg staircase has scrolled string, stick balusters and wreathed
handrail. Moulded architraves and cornices. Hall and other rooms have moulded
dado rails. Room on left to rear has grey marble gadrooned and moulded fireplace
with corner roundels. Room to right has simple white marble fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP4054884449

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26410060

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (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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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)