Aston House And Dalton House

TF8109 809-1/5/95 10/01/51

SWAFFHAM STATION STREET (West side) Nos.24 AND 26 Aston House (No.24) and Dalton House (No.26)

GV II

House, now 2 houses. Mid C17, raised and refronted c1830, subdivided C20. Flint and brick with red brick facade. Pantiled roof. EXTERIOR: facade of 3 storeys in 6-window range. Third bay (from left) with C20 glazed double doors. Fenestration at ground and first floors of 6/6 unhorned sashes with gauged skewback arches. Attic floor with 3/3 unhorned sashes. Modillion eaves cornice. Gabled roof. Internal gable-end stacks north and south. Additional side bay to south end added late C19 containing doorway: recessed half-glazed door within reeded doorcase. North gable of mid C17 cut flint decorated with brick diaper. Stuccoed 2-storey addition to west of this gable containing recessed 6-panelled door, the upper 4 panels glazed. One 3/6 unhorned sash to first floor. Rear with 2-storey and dormer attic extension of c1830. At first floor is a curved bay window fitted with horned sashes with glazing bars disposed as 4/1 to sides and 6/6 to centre. INTERIOR: No.24: 6-panelled doors, C20 chimneypiece in main east room, deep plaster cornices in same room. C20 cast-iron staircase. No.26: principal staircase of c1830 has stick balusters and ramped and wreathed handrail; upper stairwell with 6 C19 plaster panels depicting Stations of the Cross and 3 larger panels of allegorical figurative scenes. Roof of principals and 2 tiers of taper-tenoned butt purlins.

Listing NGR: TF8195909209