Description

TQ 3426 LINDFIELD BLACK HILL
(north east side)
6/152 Little Pelham
6.4.70
GV II
House, formerly schoolmaster's house. c1825 built by William Allen (1770-1843)
a Quaker and Social Reformer. This building and No's 1-6 Pelham Place Cottages
(see item 151) the only surviving buildings from Allen's social experiment.
Stuccoed with hipped slate roof. 2 storeys 2 windows. 12 paned sashes on
1st floor with jalousies. Ground floor window also 12 paned with rectangular fan-
lights above. Simple right hand doorcase with 4 panelled door. Tented canopy on
cast iron pillars. Attached at each end are sections of curved walling in rat trap
bond, ramped up at ends, with moulded brick coping, terminating in square sandstone
piers with stone caps. (See Country Life - November 22nd 1956).

Listing NGR: TQ3445025272

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26637855

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)