16, Salisbury Road

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AMESBURY SALISBURY ROAD SU 1541 11/277 No 16 GV II Small house. Circa early C17, refronted with raised eaves in circa early C19 and extended at rear in C20. Timber box-frame, refaced at front with courses of knapped flint and white painted brick or chalk within bands of red brick; rendered gable end. Concrete tile roof with gabled end brick stack. Plan: 2-bay box- frame, 2-room plan, the right-hand room has later gable-end stack. Left-hand rooms fireplace shares Limetree cottages (qv) stack which occupies a narrow bay, possibly originally part of No 16. The light smoke-blackening of the roof structure suggests the house was open to roof originally. C20 single storey out- shut at rear. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2-window front. Late C20 2-light casements, the ground floor in segmental brick arch openings. Similar arch over central doorway with C20 panelled door. single storey outshut at rear with corru- gated asbestos lean-to roof and C20 wedge-shape dormer above. Interior: Central partition separating the 2 rooms has cross or head-beam, chamfered on the left side only. Unchamfered joists. C20 fireplaces. Common rafter roof without ridgepiece, appears lightly smoke-blackened, the central partition has straight braces below the collar and clasped side purlins above with simple bladed scarfs. Source : RCHME, NBR report 50111.

Listing NGR: SU1552941308