Store House

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NZ 0772 28/402

STAMFORDHAM SOUTH SIDE

Store House, No 13 (Formerly listed as: No. 13 THE GREEN (South side))

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House. Late C17 or early C18. Altered 1744 and later. Squared stone with ashlar dressings. Left gable rebuilt C18 in brick. Welsh slate roof. Double span. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Rusticated quoins. Ground floor has 4 windows in architraves, the centre 2 renewals of 1985, 1st floor 3 windows in architraves, the centre one original with moulded sill and narrow 8-pane sash with thick glazing bars; outer windows are C18 enlargements with 12-pane sashes. Boldly- moulded eaves cornice. Steeply-pitched roof with renewed end stacks.

Doorway in early C20 porch on right return. Similar original windows in architraves. Decorative rainwater head, dated 1744.

Rear facade: 3 storeys, 3 bays of 8-pane and 2-pane sashes in original architraves to right. To left a large Venetian stair window.

Interior: 4-storey staircase, possibly re-set, with early C18 moulded and ramped handrail, splat balusters. Venetian window has fat Tuscan columns and rusticated arch. 2-panel doors in attic and basement. On 1st floor landing and in basement, 2 beams with bar-stop chamfers. C18 roof timbers.

The stair ends in a fine wreath in the present basement which was originally the ground floor until the ground level was raised to provide cellars in front of house, probably late C18 or early C19. The original front was of 5 bays, with a porch of round arches and triple keystones still partly embedded in present cellars; 2 large piers flanking the entrance are also visible.

Listing NGR: NZ0780872042