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Latitude: 52.0076 / 52°0'27"N
Longitude: -0.645 / 0°38'41"W
OS Eastings: 493105
OS Northings: 235214
OS Grid: SP931352
Mapcode National: GBR F24.5RL
Mapcode Global: VHFQQ.RSWW
Plus Code: 9C4X2954+22
Entry Name: Fir Tree Cottage
Listing Date: 30 October 1979
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1113960
English Heritage Legacy ID: 38136
ID on this website: 101113960
Location: Aspley Heath, Central Bedfordshire, MK17
County: Central Bedfordshire
Civil Parish: Aspley Heath
Traditional County: Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire
Church of England Parish: Woburn Sands
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Cottage
SP 9235-9335 ASPLEY HEATH WOBURN ROAD 6/33 30.10.79 No.4 (Fir Tree Cottage) - II Bedford Estate cottage. Circa 1830 by Edward Blore for John, 6th Duke of Bedford, in Jacobethan style. Red brick with some dressings in render and some in ashlar. Clay tile roof with some decorative tiles, 2-room plan with symmetrical front elevation. One storey and attics. Central 2- storeyed gabled porch. 4-centred arch with moulded surround under moulded label. 6-panel 4-centred arched door. Moulded string course at first floor level surmounted by 2-light window. Above this is recessed panel with 'B' surmounted by coronet. Main block has 2 2-light windows to each floor, attic ones breaking through eaves line into gabled dormers. All windows are casements with narrow mullions (also transoms to ground floor ones) under moulded labels, and have octagonal leading. All gables stone coped with kneelers and finials. Integral gable end stacks with paired octagonal shafts, with moulded bases and caps. Short sections of screen wall link front elevation to single storey gabled outhouses. J M Robinson "Farming on a Princely Scale: Estate buildings of the 5th and 6th Dukes of Bedford at Woburn 1787-1839", Architectural Review, November 1976, pp 280-281.
Listing NGR: SP9310535214
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