Vanburgh House

ST MICHAEL'S STREET 1. 1485 (North Side) No 20 (Vanburgh House) SP 5106 SW 8/272 12.1.54. II* GV 2. RCHM 122. Probably C17, refronted. Early C18. Possibly by Vanbrugh or Hawksmoor but more likely by William Townesend. 3-storeyed (partly renewed) ashlar and timber-framing with cellars, a Welsh slate hipped roof and red brick stacks. A projecting cornice and a band at the 2nd floor. There is a slightly projecting centrepiece having pilaster strips with moulded caps and a Doric entablature; the central doorway in it has a semi-circular head and above this is a massive keystone and a sash window; above the entablature in the 2nd floor is a casement window in a segmental keystoned head. On each side of the centrepiece and in the 1st floor are 2 sash windows (mainly original) in plain reveals with keystoned architraves and aprons to the moulded cills; the ground floor windows however are without keystones and have shutters; and those in the 2nd floor have segmental stone heads and wooden casement lights. At the back the reconstructed wall is part of the city wall. See CITY WALLS (St Michael's Street). Interior: RCHM page 171a. Includes C18 panelling, staircase and fireplaces.

Nos 18 to 24 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5119406340