The Old House

SU 12 NW COOMBE BISSETT HOMINGTON ROAD (north side)

4/60 The Old House

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Detached house. Early C18 with additions mid-C18. Flemish bond brick to early C18 part, with flint and stone plinth, English bond to mid-C18 part on right, tiled roof, brick stacks. L-plan. 2- storey, 6-window front. Double doors under segmental hood on elaborately carved wooden brackets to right, right of doorway are two 4-pane sashes, to left is 4-pane sash and early C18 part has C20 metal casements and glazed door; this part has lozenge diapering in brickwork. First floor has C20 metal casements to left, four 4-pane sashes to right with dentilled brick eaves. One flat-headed dormer has casement. Left return has rendered external stack. Right return has single fixed window to attic. To rear is C18 outshut with two half-glazed doors and sashes with segmental- arched heads, to left is 2-storey mid-C19 extension with sashes, Early C18 part has C20 metal casements. Interior; Early C18 former cottage has chamfered beams with ogee stops. Mid C18 part has newel stairs with turned balusters and moulded dado rail, dining room has late C18 moulded ceiling cornice and frieze. First floor has doors with fielded panels, coved ceiling cornice and eared fireplace surround with cornice. (Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury).

Listing NGR: SU1097326340