Description

ELTON MIDDLE STREET
TL 0893
(North Side)
15/59 No.12
13.12.57 (formerly listed as
Dial House)
GV
II
House. Dated '1690 RM' on stone plaque above door with later C19 and C20
additions. Coursed limestone with dressed limestone band above windows and
doorway, and raised band between floors. Collyweston stone slated roofs. Two
storeys with attics and rear outshut. Five slightly irregular symmetrical
bays. Parapet gables with end stacks, one shaft to left hand and two shafts
to right hand of ashlar limestone; moulded wooden eaves cornice. Three
ground floor cross-framed casement windows with large leaded lights and one
blocked window to left hand of doorway with C19 panelled door and rectangular
fanlight; five first floor windows similar to ground floor. Three gabled
dormer windows. Sundial dated 'RG MDCCXX VII' painted plaque with Roman
numerals and gnome. Interior: Original plan altered for insertion of fine
C17 closed string staircase with turned balusters and moulded hand rail, the
ground floor window was blocked at this time. Some late C17 bolection moulded
panelled doors; C19 details.

Listing NGR: TL0869893831

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423142

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)