Number 19 And Attached Forecourt Walls And Overthrow Arch

Number 19 is a pair of former 17th-century houses rebuilt or substantially remodelled between 1712 and 1722 for Henry Abbott, the Vicar of Barnwood. It is now a single house, with the ground floor converted to doctors’ consulting rooms. A brick inscribed with the date 1725 indicates the rebuilding period, and later minor alterations have occurred. The building is constructed of red brick with stone detailing, a slate roof with gabled dormers, and brick gable-end stacks. It is a double-depth block with a small rear wing to the left.

The exterior presents a symmetrical front of five bays. A brick band runs at first-floor level, interrupted by stone segmental arches above the window openings. A crowning cornice features finely detailed dentil moulding, and raised and chamfered stone quoins mark each corner. The central entrance doorway is in a stone doorcase with moulded, eared architraves, a pulvinated frieze, and a pediment. It contains a recessed six-panel door and a rectangular fanlight with vertical glazing bars. Although the doorway was moved one bay to the right in the 19th century, it has now been replaced in its original position. To either side of the doorway are two sash windows with glazing bars (3x4 panes) in openings with rubbed brick, segmental-arched heads, raised keystones, projecting stone sills, and stone segmental arches above. The first floor has five similar sash windows, with a carved stone block projecting as a moulded bracket above each keystone. An early 18th-century sash window with thick glazing bars is located to the right. There are three roof dormers, each with a pair of casements and glazing bars.

The interior includes a central entrance hall with a mid-18th-century open well staircase, featuring an open string, a curtail step, fret-cut tread brackets, column newels, three column-on-vase balusters to each tread, and a ramped handrail. A room to the left has a panelled dado with a chair rail frieze, and a fireplace with an eared architrave. Other rooms on the ground and first floors retain 18th-century joinery, including panelled window shutters. The first-floor landing has a doorway with a segmental-arched head containing an original 18th-century hinged folding door.

The property has brick forecourt walls with a wrought-iron overthrow arch.