Belsize The Close

In the entry for: BOXFORD BROAD STREET 1. (South side) 5377 No 1 (Belsize) and No 3 TL 9640 60/89 (The Close) II GV

The description should be amended to read:

2 houses, mainly in 3 builds. Early to mid C19, with some alterations. No 1, stucco rendered, formerly lined as ashlar, slate roof. Red brick internal end stacks. Rusticated rendered quoins. 2 storeys. 4 window range, sashes with glazing bars to ground floor, horned sashes to first floor, all beneath rendered hood moulds. Doorcase of rendered pilasters supporting cornice on console brackets. 4-panel door set back from doorcase. No 3, comprising block facing north, and attached range to south.

North build: rendered, mansard slate roof, right hand internal gault brick stack. 2 storeys with attics. North facade. 2 bays. Blocked doorway, beneath semicircular moulded hood. Sash with glazing bars beneath square hood. 2 first floor horned sashes with glazing bars, beneath continuous hood which returns to right hand gable. Moulded eaves cornice, also returning to gable wall. West, gable wall, 4 panel door, flanked by small 6-pane window. Blocked window beneath hood to first and ground floors. 6-pane window to gable above eaves. Attached refurbished range to south. Rendered, shallow pitch slate roof. Squat red brick stack to rear. 2 storeys, 3 bays, that to left gabled. Ground floor, left canted bay into small- paned sashes, central horned sash with glazing bars, right hand garage entrance. 3 let floor sashes with glazing bars, that to left original.

The brick warehouse block to east of No 1, is not of special interest and is not covered by these descriptive notes.

BOXFORD BROAD STREET 1. 5377 (south side) No 1 (Belsize) and No 3 (The Close) TL 9640 60/89 II GV 2 An early C19 stuccoed building comprising 3 adjoining blocks with slate roofs. A block to the south, facing west, has a gable at the north end. A corner block has a mansard roof with stopped gables and a moulded eaves cornice. A block extends to the east slightly set back on the front. Two storeys. Four:two window range on the north front of double-hung sashes with glazing bars and stucco hood moulds. The doorway has stucco pilasters and a cornice on console brackets.

Listing NGR: TL9626440531