Description

TL 8430-8530 COLNE ENGAINE BROOK STREET (north side)

7/4 Nos 2-8 (evens)

GV II

Terrace of almshouses. C18 or earlier, altered in C19. Timber framed, clad with yellow brick in Flemish bond, ornamented with red brick, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Single range of attached cottages facing S, with one axial stack to left of centre and one at right end. Probably 5 units originally, 2 combined to form no. 4. Rear extensions. One storey with attics. No. 2 (at the right end) has 2 C19 casements and 2 more in lean-to dormers. No. 4 has one C19 horizontal sash of 16 lights, one C19 sash of 12 lights, and one C19 casement and one C19 horizontal sash of 12 lights in lean-to dormers. No. 6 has one sash of 16 lights, and one horizontal sash of 12 lights in a lean-to dormer. No. 8 has one horizontal sash of 12 lights, and one C20 casement in a lean-to dormer. All the ground-floor windows have moulded stone lintels. 5 identical late C19 4-panel doors, with 2 lights glazed with leaded coloured glass (no. 4 having 2 doors). 3 late C19 porches (2 double, one single) with gabled roofs supported on slender turned wooden stanchions. 2 courses of red brick near top of front elevation. An attractive group with The Old School House opposite; although windows have been changed at various periods the original apertures remain undisturbed, and the scale of the present windows remains consistent with the cottage character of the group.

Listing NGR: TL8494530366

External Links

• Wikidata Q26416333

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)