The Close

SU 73-7450 & 73-7451 ODIHAM HIGH STREET (South Side)

17/53 The Close

8.7.52

• II

C17, early C18 and later. Symmetrical north front of 2 storeys and attic, 2.1.2 windows. Red tiled roof, hipped at ends, with fully moulded modillion cornice, which breaks into a pediment above the slightly projecting centre, a flat-roofed dormer on each side. Stucco walling with plain openings, the central window a tall round-arched (staircase) light above a smaller round-headed window, stone cills, plinth. Sashes in exposed frames. A lower plain wing extends to the east with a slate roof and a painted brick blank wall. The east elevation reveals the L-shaped plan, the general form being repeated as a narrow arrangement of 3 (formerly symmetrical of 5) windows and 2 dormers. Walling is colourwashed brickwork (red and blue Flemish bond) and the south bay has a red brick porch with rusticated jambs, keystone and flat arch within a gable. Further to the south, and set back, is an older 2 storeyed block of lower height, with upper sash windows and lower (3) mullion and transom leaded lights. The west elevation of the main block is of 3 windows, and one dormer with coupled sashes. The house is completed as a rectangular block with more recent additions at lower levels, resulting in a most elaborate roof plan.

Listing NGR: SU7411851108