40 AND 42, PORTWAY

WARMINSTER PORTWAY 1. 5411 (East Side) Nos 40 and 42 (Formerly listed as No 81A (The Chesnuts) and No 81B) ST 8745 SW 6/94 28.4.52. II GV 2. Mid-late C18. Originally a 5 bay house with central door, later a matching 2 window extension added and 2nd door. 2 storeys and attic. Coursed and squared rubble with ashlar quoins. Projecting plinth in 2 stages, bottom part ashlar, splayed ashlar capping to 2nd stage forming cills of ground floor windows. Plain 1st floor string and over 1st floor windows. Small moulded cornice and ashlar parapet over with coping - both these features removed from No 42 and replaced by reconstituted Bath-faced blocks. Old tile roof with 2 dormers. Glazing bar sash windows, 7 on 1st floor, formerly 6 on ground floor - a 6 panel door now replaces window to left of original door. The latter is a 6 panel door in an ashlar recess with architrave surround and key block; radiating and wreathed fanlight; good brass eagle knocker.

Listing NGR: ST8734445272