Ventnor House, 11 London Street

A late-C17 or early-C18 house, extended in around 1780 and refronted.

MATERIALS: The building is built of flint and red brick, and the roof is covered in pantiles.

EXTERIOR: The principal elevation faces west on to London Street. It is four bays wide and two storeys high with an attic. The pitched roof is covered in pantiles and the bellcast eaves are supported by a canted dentil cornice. The windows are all six-over-six unhorned sashed with concealed boxes; at ground-floor level they have skewback gauged brick arches, and at first-floor level simple lintels. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. Slightly off-centre at ground floor is a wooden doorcase with console brackets, a six-panelled door, and a slim over-light.

The south elevation faces onto The Pightle (formerly ‘Cobb’s Pightle’). It is one-and-a-half bays wide and is principally built of flint rubble. Brick tumbling and quoins show the original extent of the house and reveal how it has been extended upwards and outwards. A former window and doorway have been blocked. There are tie-plates at the upper levels and a single window opening in the attic. The apex of the gable terminates in a chimney stack, rebuilt in the C20.

The rear (east) elevation faces a yard. The east wall has been covered in render. A late-C20 fire escape connects an extruded attic dormer and a first-floor doorway with the yard. The fenestration is all irregular and includes two casements, one small sash, and a small canted bay.