Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE KING SQUARE
736-1/10/118 (South side)
24/03/50 No.1
(Formerly Listed as:
KING SQUARE
(South side)
Nos.1-9 (Consecutive))

GV II*

House, now offices. c1770-1800. Flemish-bond brick, stone
coping to the parapet, cornice, painted stepped voussoirs and
cills; crested double Roman tile roof with brick stacks to
gable ends and two C20 dormers. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys
with attic and dormer; 2-window range to each facade. Some
crown glass; 3/6-pane sash windows to second floor, 6/9-pane
sashes to first floor which have segmental wrought-iron
balconettes with some remaining lead ornament to vertical
bars; to left of ground floor is late C19 plate-glass sash
window and to right one of 6 panes over plate-glass lower
sash. Right return has blocked gauged brick circular window to
attic left; C20 horned 6/6-pane sash windows; that to right of
ground floor has plate glass to lower sash. A reconstructed
wood architrave with an open pediment to left is set across a
flat gauged brick arch; door has 4 raised-and-fielded panels
to the top and beaded panels to the base below a traceried
fanlight. To right is the tip of a segmental gauged brick arch
to basement. INTERIOR not inspected. The house is part of a
fine late Georgian square built on the site of Bridgwater
Castle.

Listing NGR: ST2984537144

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553348

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5