Description

TR 24 NW DENTON AND WOOTTON CANTERBURY ROAD
(west side)
1/47
Maydekin Cottage
22.12.78 (formerly listed
as Nos. 1 and 2
Maydekin
Cottages)
GV II
House. Dated 1646 and 1688. Red brick in mixed English and Flemish bond
with some flint. Plain tiled roof. One storey and attic with 2 storey
cross-wing on discontinuous plinth with hipped roof. Stacks to centre
left and to right, and with 1 flat roofed dormer. Gable to right with
plat band and cornice, raised over 2 blocked windows on first floor,
with 1 wooden casement on first floor, 1 metal casement on ground floor,
and 2 wooden casements to left on ground floor. Two blocked doorways to
centre right. Slate roofed outshot to right. Present entry by boarded
door in C20 rear outshot. Several stones are set into the brickwork on
centre of main (roadside) elevation, bearing a variety of initials and
dates, including some with Latin inscriptions, the principal one referring
to the Oxenden family and dated MDCXLVI (1646).

Listing NGR: TR2157547364

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26321437

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2