Building MPM542 - EAST COSHAM HOUSE

House, now residential home for the elderly. Late C18, altered C20. Painted brickwork. Slated hipped roof, concealed roof to left bay and right extension, brick stack to left and right of hipped roof and to rear of left bay. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Stone paved verandah across ground floor with delicate arched wood trellis supported by 4 fluted timber columns each flanked by patterned trellis uprights, tented roof. On right below third bay is a recessed 4-panelled door, 2 upper panels glazed each with pointed head, panelled reveals. To left and to right is a rectangular bay with tripartite front with centre 8-pane sash and 4-pane flanking and side sashes, all with narrow glazing bars. On left and to right extension is a round-headed Gothic pointed loop headed sash. First floor has four 12-pane sashes with attached shutters each set under painted flat gauged brick arch. Coped parapet. To left is a C20 1-storey extension and to rear C20 2-storey extension. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 116; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 466).

Selected Sources
Book Reference - Author: Lloyd, D W - Title: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs - Date: 1974 - Page References: 116
Book Reference - Author: Pevsner, N - Title: The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - Date: 1967 - Page References: 466

Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.