Summer House England, UK

Listed Building Description

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LAMBROOK STREET 1. 1133 (East Side) Summer House, including forecourt wall with gatepiers ST 5039 6/188 II GV 2. Mid to late C19. 2 storeys. Ashlar front with section coming forward on right. Moulded cornice and parapet. Pantile roof, hipped to right-hand. Plain corner pilasters. Stringcourse. Plinth. 3 windows with moulded architrave surrounds. The windows in right-hand section have cornices on curved brackets. Sashes, close-set glazing bars. French window to balcony over porch. Entablature and openwork parapets supported by 2 columns and 2 pilasters with crocket capitals. Niche with semi-circular head and curved arm-rests inside porch. 4-panel door. Low wall along street in front of paved forecourt. To each end of wall are pairs of gatepiers with incised panels and pyramidal tops. Walls run back from gatepiers to join sides of the house. Summer House and Drinking fountain, Nos 86 to 90 (even) High Street, Nos 2 and 4 Bove Town form a group.

Listing NGR: ST5028439023