| Winchester,
Hampshire - Kingsgate Street
Click photos to enlarge.
Notes in italics from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Nikolaus Pevsner
and David Lloyd (1967)
Yale University Press, New Haven and London. Other information is from Hampshire
Treasures. |
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KINGSGATE. C14 gateway and
above it the church of St Swithun with small domestic late C15 or early
C16 windows. Only the E window is of three lights (but
so is the W window). The gate has two pedestrian entrances of the C18. ...
The church has a single-framed roof ...
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East Side. Kingsgate Street is very
rewarding. ... No. 5, of c.1700, is of chequer brick and has raised brick
surrounds with lugs to the windows. ... Again of the same time Nos. 8 to
9a, see the raised brickwork on the upper floor. Three pretty later
doorcases, and also the most charming of the typical Winchester upper
bows.
No.12, C18. Colour-washed stucco. Tall panels with rustications each
side of projecting centre. Arched central door with plain fan and console
keystone |
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West Side. The Wykeham Arms. Circa 1760.
Red brick with old tile mansard roof. Four attic dormers. Double
doorway with large fanlight circa 1830.
Next, C20 front on possibly older building. Red
brick with stone dressings. Stone mullioned
casement windows. Projecting pediment with large wooden modillion cornice.
Modern doorway.
Next house is of c.1700. Wooden cross windows. |
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C18. Red brick. Original
double-bowed shop front. Modern first floor bow window. |
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No. 69 is Moberley's (a house
of Winchester College). This is dated 1571. It is of brick with blue
diaper and has two gables. One original five-light mullioned window
remains on the ground floor. The doorcase with Tuscan columns belonged
originally to the next house.
Gable
ends have 2-light C16 windows. C19
extension to right of two storeys and attic. |
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1st: C17, but possibly of earlier
date. Brick ground floor, overhanging timber-framed roughcast above. Tile
hung gable end and old tiled roof. C19 alterations and gable with applied
timbering.
2nd: C18. Plum brick with dark brick string course between
floors. Painted brick dentil cornice. Old tile roof. Central arched door
with simple fan.
3rd and 4th: C18. Plum-coloured brick walls, brick dentil cornice, and
stucco blocking course with stone coping. Old tile roof. Two doors, one
with doorcase of engaged Roman-Doric columns and entablature. |
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1st: C18. 3-storey. Red brick
with grey brick string courses between floors, painted brick dentil
cornice and parapet. Central, square, grey brick panel. Arched door with
fanlight. Doorcase with open pediment.
2nd: C18. Red brick with burnt headers and string course on first floor. Old
tile roof. Late C18 bow window on first floor with bracketed cornice and
bead and reel ornament. 6-panel door with panelled reveals.
3rd: C18. Painted brick with old tile roof. Door case with
reeded pilasters and brackets, cornice broken forward over brackets. Sash
and casement windows in wide frames. |
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In Kingsgate Road, the
continuation of Kingsgate Street: C17 houses. Red brick, with brick string
course between floors, and grey brick panels. Old tile roof. Next house of
red brick with dark headers. C.19 tripartite sash windows below, casement
above. |
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Other
Streets in Winchester
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Cathedral,
College and other major buildings in Winchester
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