Number 19 And Attached Brick Wall

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW TIMBER STREET 930-1/10/258 No.19 22/06/78 and attached brick wall

GV II

House. Early C18. Limestone rubble painted to the front, with freestone architraves and plinth; plain tile roof with brick stack to rear left slope of gable end. Double-depth plan with early C19 rear wing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; one-window range. Cyma-moulded stone-mullioned 3-light window with a central 2-pane casement to the 1st floor; chamfered stone mullions and hoodmould without labels to a 3-light window with a central C19 sash, to the ground-floor left. Roll-edge moulding to a wide planked door to the right. To rear, the early C19 rear wing has a platband, roll-moulding to 2-light plate-glass sash windows, 6/1-panes to the ground floor with a 6-panel door to the left. The roof is continuous with that of No.21 (qv) to the right. INTERIOR: the front room has a chamfered axial beam with run-out stops meeting a large chimney-breast to a former open fire, an early C18 semicircular recess with shaped shelves in the rear wall and panelled shutters, soffit and surround to the window. To the left of the fire, in a rear lobby, is an early C19 staircase with stick balusters, cupboard stairs at attic level. The room to the ground-floor rear has an axial beam, a painted stone surround with a moulded mantelshelf to a former open fire and a recess to a former mullioned window to the rear, now covered by the C19 rear wing. The 1st floor front room has some exposed timber studding to the rear wall, some lath-and-plaster walls and wide floor boards. To the right of the blocked chimney-breast is a C18 cupboard with panelled double doors. The attic, probably 3-bay, has chamfered butt purlins. The entrance to a cellar with stone steps is now blocked. The front door has a C18 lock. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached to the rear, north-east corner, is a Flemish-bond brick boundary wall approx 4m high and 4m long.

Listing NGR: ST9214573107