Bouverie House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1998. A Mid 19th century House.
Bouverie House
- WRENN ID
- proud-banister-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1998
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SZ 6092 RYDE MELVILLE STREET
632/3/10007 No. 29 Bouverie House
II
House. Circa 1855, by and for Thomas Hellyer, architect. Yellow brick with red-white- and green-brick and stucco dressings. Hipped Welsh slate roof; brick lateral stacks. 2 storeys with attic, 3 bays. Steps up to central porch which has attached pilasters with decorative capitals and finialled balustrade which continues to left. 1st-floor cill band. 4-pane sashes with segmental heads. Central attic window, flanked by brackets, rises through eaves in shaped gable. Broad lateral stacks with attic windows set in central panel. Interior:lavish original detailing includes panelled doors in architraves with ribbon and fruit mouldings; decorative cornices and ceiling mouldings; ornate fireplaces and mirrored overmantels; classical-style frieze to entrance vestibule and medallions in lower hall; niches to octagonal landing; stained glas stair window; moulded balusters and handrail-curtail to stair. Hellyer and his family moved into this house in 1855. An unusual mid-C19 house designed, built and occupied by an important local architect.
Listing NGR: SZ5971592551
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