Description

TL 1821 ST PAUL'S WALDEN HORN HILL
(West side)
Whitwell

12/170 No. 16
(Trafalgar Cottage)

GV II

House. Circa 1815. 'TRAFALGAR/COTTAGE' on stone plaque over door. Red
brick, hipped slate roof, plastered wide eaves soffit. A 2-storeys and
cellar, double-pile plan, end-chimneys and central entrance house facing
E. Symmetrical 3 windows wide E front with plat band and rubbed flat
arches to windows. Recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes, small cast iron
railings to 1st floor, cellar arch below LH window and round arched
doorway with divided 2 panelled door and fanlight over. Twin sashes to
1st floor under single arch between chimney projections on S side. Small
2-storeys original closet projecting at rear N corner. Elegant original
interior with front and rear drawing rooms on S side (sliding doors as
shutters to rear bay) and dining room and kitchen on N side. Wide hall
from front to rear with single cut-string stair. Double-hung panelled
shutters generally. Built on retirement of an officer who was with the
fleet at Cape Trafalgar, with 2 servants blocks up the hill (q.v.).

Listing NGR: TL1824121093

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26397338

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Recommended Books

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)