No 28
No.28
No 28 -
The 'listed buildings' notes state this to be an early 1800s house, so late Georgian. It is more elaborate than the other, earlier Georgian, Poole House across the road.
What was here before the early 1800s I am not sure, but the 1750 map shows a substantial building in this position. Perhaps it was a major rebuild, which happened around this period as 'progress' continued.
Map 1750
The two bay windows and small porch, all with ribbed canopies above, are quite distinctive. Also the elaborate central window on the first floor has an intricate arched design of the glazing bars. The whole house was clearly designed to impress!
I am not sure much has changed from the street view since it was built. The only small change I can see, apart from decoration, is the addition of the quite ornate, delicate iron railings in front - none show in the 1916 photo. Basic railings can be seen in the late 1920s photo. But these seem to have been removed by the 1950s photo. I don't know when the present railings were installed.
Photos from 1916 (left) and late 1920s (right)
Photo from 1950s
Extra note: one small observation is the position of the chimneys. The left hand chimney on the exposed gable is built externally to the main wall. This is unusual for a Georgian house, and it also does not quite mirror the stack at the other end adjoining no.30.
I wonder why, considering the Georgian concentration on symmetry, did they not build the left chimney within the wall thickness to match the other, which would be what they usually did?
This difference might suggest that whatever was there before may have had a major gable that was simply reused, and the chimney was built outside the existing gable? (This is just my slightly nerdy inquisitiveness in action, without any other information!)
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