Description

BABCARY CP CHURCH STREET (West side)
ST52NE
3/14
- Greystones
- II
Detached cottage. Very early C19. Local grey lias stone cut and squared; triple roll clay tile roof between stepped
coped gables; brick end chimney stacks. Two storeys, 3 bays. Original small horizontal bar casement windows in very
heavy frames. 3-light below and 2-light above, lower windows have voussoired slightly segmental arched heads; central
door in plain opening with margined toplight and reeded surrounds to lower panels: extensions to both sides. Inside.
original staircase and layout survives, with one C20 rear extension to living room: wide fireplace with ovens and
cheeks of single Keinton stone slabs, some boarded doors, but one apparently C18 panelled door, presumably reused: some
stone flag floors, and a timber framed partition: original roof frame, for thatch, simple, untrussed, survives under
present roof. An extension to north gable appears to incorporate earlier work. First known transfer of property
1812.

Listing NGR: ST5620928832

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308289

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)