Description

ELSDON ELSDON
NY 9393
19/7 Townfoot and
attached kennel

II

House and attached kennel. Probably early C18 with earlier core. Altered and
raised to 2 storeys mid C19. Random rubble; 1st floor snecked stone with
ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof, stone flags on kennel. 2 storeys, 3 bays.
late C19 wood porch with decorative bargeboards and terracotta cresting. 4-pane
sashes with projecting sills. Guttering supported on stone brackets. Gabled
roof with flat coping and kneelers. Corniced end stacks.

Massive random rubble on left return and similar but slightly more even stonework
to rear may indicate a bastle house origin for the building. Walls c.3 ft.
thick.

Attached to the front left-hand corner of the house a small C18 or early C19
kennel with segmental-arched doorway and gabled roof.

Listing NGR: NY9349893014

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293133

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)