William Curtis House

LENTEN STREET 1. 5236 (North Side) No 25 William Curtis House). Formerly listed as No 25 (Brooklands)] SU 7139 2/45 13.3.51. II GV 2. C17 and C18. 2 storeys plus attic; 3 bays. Brick; tiled roof hipped at one end. Ground floor with central entrance with pedimented doorcase and flanking flush windows. Moulded brick band at 1st floor level to right-hand part of facade. 1st floor with 3 flush windows. Eaves cornice. 2 hipped dormer windows in the roof. To the left an early C19 single-bay extension. The return on the right of 3 bays, the central one with a modern projection that partly obscures the initials and date NG (17)02 in vitreous bricks. The upper windows are wood cross-windows. Inside, some timber framing and a C17 staircase with simple contemporary plaster ceiling. Birthplace of William Curtis, botanist, in 1746.

Nos 11 and 13, Nos 13A, 15 (at the rear) 15A, 17, No 21, No 23 (Weybourne House) and No 25 (William Curtis House) together with Nos 6 to 14 (even), No 16 (Lenten House) and No 16A on opposite side form a group.

Listing NGR: SU7148039367