Description

SJ 2829 SE OSWESTRY C.P. LEIGHTON PLACE

15/76 Nos. 2 and 4
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GV II

House, now 2 cottages with part of No. 2 used as shop. C17, re-modelled
and extended late C18 with C19 and C20 additions and alterations.
Painted brick and uncoursed rubble probably replacing timber frame,
steep-pitched slate roof at right-angles to street. Original 2-bay plan
extended late C18 by single-bay addition to north. 2 storeys and attic;
late C20 casements throughout, 3 below eaves and 3 to ground floor,
2 gabled eaves dormers to right and one flat-roofed dormer to left, late
C20 stable door to No. 4 (left) and glazed door to No. 2 (centre); small
red brick internal end stack to left. Gable to road has C20 shop front
and contemporary casements above, projecting purlin ends. Interior:
No. 4 has timber framed partition wall with No. 2 (light panels) and
gable end with square panels and long straight tension braces (upstairs),
partly infilled inglenook fireplace in corner of ground-floor room;
exposed roof truss of Queen-strut type forms division with No. 2.

Listing NGR: SJ2895429244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26305979

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)