Fountain Villa

SPENCER ROAD 1. 1577 (North Side) Fountain Villa SZ 5992 1/309

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1. Set well back between Spencer Road and Buckingham Road. Reached by same passage as leads to Chestnut Cottage and with a garden door to Buckingham Road. House of mid C18 origin, enlarged and refaced to North as a village Circa 1830/40. South front: two adjoining slate roof gabled bays, two storeys high. Left hand one of stone rubble with brick quoins, right hand one entirely faced in brick, both painted. Two windows, recessed in brick bay and with moulded flush wood frames in rubble bay, sash, glazing bars intact. Glazed rectangular porch added to ground floor left. The North garden front is brick faced, painted, with parapet and cornice concealing hipped slate roof. Band between storeys, five windows, three in mid C19 bay to East, are recessed, others in moulded flush wood frames, centre one round headed within rectangular frame, the Western one on first floor has a keystone. All are sash, glazing bars intact except in bay. Enclosed stucco porch with round headed windows to side, cornice and blocking course over. Recessed door of four fielded panels. Step down. Owing the Napoleonic wars, the house was used as a lock-up for French prisoners.

Listing NGR: SZ5907092750