Acacia House / The Firs

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ST 56 SE CHEW MAGNA C.P. HIGH STREET (south side)

3/47 Acacia House and The Firs 21.9.60 (formerly listed as Acacia House)

II

House, now 2 houses. Mid C18 with some later alterations. Coursed sandstone freestone with limestone dressings, slate roofs with raised coped verges and stone gable stacks. 2 storeys and 5 windows, centre 3 bays slightly broken forward, all windows sashes with replacement glazing bars in raised moulded architraves with keystones, central panelled and glazed door in moulded architrave with heavy triple keystone and pediment on consoles; plinth, band course, cornice, parapet and coping, pediment over central 3 bays with blind lunette in tympanum. To left, a single storey wing with round-headed sash with Gothic intersecting glazing bars set in round-headed recess, band course running frum imposts of recess, coping to parapet; to right and slightly set back, 2-storey wing, probably later but in conforming style, with band course continued, one sash at ground floor and 2 at first floor, coping; similar single storey wing to right with round-headed C20 panelled and glazed door in recess. Interior: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST5747563109

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0894 IOE Records taken by Charles Hallsworth; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Charles Hallsworth. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project