Westmead House And Attached Wall

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173SE WESTMEAD LANE 930-1/9/261 (West side) 22/06/78 Westmead House and attached wall (Formerly Listed as: WESTMEAD LANE (West side) No.26 Westmead House)

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House, facing south at a right angle to the road. Early C19. Coursed limestone rubble, freestone eaves cornice, lintel band, architraves, plinth and quoins; hipped slate roof with stacks to the rear and bracketed gutter. 2-unit plan with C20 west wing, C18 rear wing now listed separately as No.26 Westmead Lane (qv). EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. C20 replica doors and windows. Semicircular arches over 6-panel door and 1st-floor window with unusual radial glazing bars, flanked by horned 8/8-pane sash windows. INTERIOR: the ground floor has 6-panel doors in moulded architraves, panelled shutters, a white marble fire surround to the right-handroom, a repositioned Adam-style fire surround to the left-hand room is flanked by semi-elliptical recesses. There is a dogleg staircase with stick balusters, and a cast-iron arch-plate register grate to the 1st floor. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a Flemish-bond brick wall approx 3m high, attached to the south-east corner, extends approx 7m southward and fronts the street. An entrance at the end of the wall has an upside-down C19 Gothic-style door with vertical panels.

Listing NGR: ST9195873104