Description

SP 41 NW MENTMORE

4/123 Dairy Cottage

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House, originally house and dairy. Circa 1859. Whitewashed brick, Dark
tiled roof with bands of fishscale tiles, bargeboards, brick chimneys.
Windows have cast iron glazing bars with diamond motifs, segmental
heads and sills with brick dentils. 1 ½ storeys, 3 irregular bays. Left
bay is set back and has small single light to ground floor, centre bay
is gabled and projecting with 3-light casement to ground floor and
2-light above. Lower window has hipped tiled hood with ornamental
wooden fringe on shaped brackets. Right bay has 2-light casement and is
surrounded on 3 sides by verandah with lean-to roof on rustic wooden
posts, brackets, and similar ornamental wooden fringe. Door to left side
in single-storey bay with parapet. Dated contract drawing in County
Record Office, ref. no. D/RO/4/27.

Listing NGR: SP9085719640

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411349

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)