Kineton Public Library And Attached Wall And Railings And North Court

KINETON

SP3251 BRIDGE STREET, Kineton 1901-1/13/86 (East side) 06/02/52 Kineton Public Library, attached wall and railings and North Court (Formerly Listed as: BRIDGE STREET, Kineton (East side) Court House)

GV II

Court house and house, now library and house, with attached wall and railings. Late C18 with early C19 addition to left end. Regular coursed lias limestone with ironstone ashlar dressing; hipped slate roof with brick cross-axial stack and end stack. Wall to Warwick Road of white and blue coursed dressed limestone with ironstone quoins and flat coping. L-plan. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 4-window range; 2-storey, single-window wing to left end. Top coved cornice and quoins; first-floor sill band to wing. Entrance to right of wing has architrave, overlight has fanlight with radial glazing bars over small-paned half-glazed door; central entrance has bolection-moulded architrave with frieze and segmental pediment to small-paned half-glazed door. Windows have sills and ashlar jambs, wedge lintels with keys over 8/8 sashes, but ground-floor left end window has 2-light small-paned casement and 5 top-floor windows have 4/8 sashes. Wing has first-floor sill band cut flush; windows with sills and architraves, 12/12 sash to ground floor and 6/6 sash to first floor. 3-window left return retains sill band. INTERIOR: stick-baluster staircase to library; rooms with plaster detailing. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: left return has plain iron railings on stone plinth with short return to front and extending approx 14m along Warwick Road, attached to back garden wall. Wall has short return to library with gateway; and extends approx 12.5m along Warwick Road.

Listing NGR: SP3355051017