The Hollies And Hollies Cottage And Attached Boundary Wall And Gateway

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ST5446 NEW STREET 662-1/6/181 (East side) 12/11/53 No.14 The Hollies (No.14) and Hollies Cottage, and attached boundary wall and gateway

GV II

House at north end of row. Late C18, some earlier fabric to the rear. Rendered over rubble, Welsh slate mansard roofs with hips to south side and front projection, coped gable to north, rendered chimney stacks. PLAN: to left is a one room, double-depth unit, then, brought forward to the right a single room unit with entrance hall and staircase, backed by a long narrow wing, incorporating Hollies Cottage. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics, 2 bays with one bay projection. Plinth, cornice, plain parapet, sash windows in plain architraves, 12-pane below and 9-pane above, with one set matching windows in the north return of the projection. Entrance in projection, a 6-panel door in plain architrave. Segmental-arched roof dormers, that to projection having 9-pane segmental top sash window, the others 2-light casement windows. Double gable to north, and lower 2-storey extension to rear. INTERIOR: the entrance hall has, to the right, a fine C18 dog-leg stair with turned balusters and open treads; the cornice has rosettes. The front room, left, has a marble pilastered fireplace, a decorative frieze and cornice, and panelled double doors to the rear room which has an Adamesque fireplace, and a palmette frieze with cornice. The rear room, right, has rough beams, probably C17 or earlier C18, and a 3-panel door. At the first floor are several early 2-panel doors. The main rear room has an C18 fireplace with eared architrave and dentils, and a smaller room to the right has an early 2-light casement. At second floor, back, is a 16-pane sash. Most of the sash windows have shutters. The rear wing, slated, and with two brick stacks, incorporates Hollies Cottage, which has pegged roof trusses, one lower room with 2 large beams with chamfers, and a cellar with brick barrel vault. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: extending from the NW corner is a length of stone rubble boundary wall as high as first floor sills, with plain end pier and stone coping, having a small gateway with boarded door, forming an important part of the street scene at this point.

Listing NGR: ST5496746102