Rumsey House
RUMSEY HOUSE, LONDON ROAD A4
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254333
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Rumsey House
- Statutory Address:
- RUMSEY HOUSE, LONDON ROAD A4
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254333
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Rumsey House
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUMSEY HOUSE, LONDON ROAD A4
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUMSEY HOUSE, LONDON ROAD A4
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Derry Hill & Studley
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 97563 70944
Details
ST 97 SE CALNE WITHOUT LONDON ROAD (A4), Black Dog Hil (south side)
2/79 Rumsey House
II
House, c1800-20, ashlar with low-pitched hipped slate roofs and ashlar stacks. Main front to north is symmetrical composition of centre and slightly lower wings all with matching cornice and parapet, 1-5-1 windows overall. Three-storey centre has 12-pane upper windows, 16-pane elsewhere, and central heavily-detailed square porch with angle pilasters and cornice. Two-storey wings have 16-pane sashes, to first floor only on left, to both floors on right. Iron spearhead railings between porch and wings. Entry to service yard attached to right wing has 2 ashlar piers with iron gate and length of iron railing running north. South front is similar in style but different cornice moulding, possibly a slightly later range added parallel to original south front. Two storeys, 4-window range, 16-pane sashes above, French windows and door below, all with shutters. Across ground floor is wrought iron verandah with tent roof, 10 bays irregularly spaced. Property is recorded as held by the Browne family from the C17 and was rebuilt after 1800 for B.J. Browne Angell. (A.E.W. Marsh, A History of the Borough and Town of Calne, 1903, 189-91.)
Listing NGR: ST9756370944
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 437585
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Marsh, A E W, A History of the Borough and Town of Calne, (1903), 189-191
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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