Description

LINTON MAIN STREET SD 9862-9962 (south side, off) 12/60 Trout beck and Beckside Cottage 10.9.54 GV II House, now 2 houses. Dated 1642 with probably late C18 extension and division. Rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 2 storeys; 3-bay C17 house with added bay to left and single-storey porch to left bay and between bays 2 and 3. Quoins. Original 3-bay range has a board door and moulded chamfer to the quoined basket-arched original entrance between bays 1 and 2; the lintel has a recessed panel with raised lettering, "AP 1642". A stepped hoodmould is continued over the door and flanking ground-floor windows. A second early doorway to bay 1,left has a shallow triangular arch under a chamfered square head, and hollowed spandrels. Fenestration: recessed chamfered mullion windows of 3 and 4 lights to bays 1 and 2; a 4-pane sash in plain surround to far right; 3, 3, 4 and 3-light windows to first floor, below the eaves. Ridge stack to left of dated doorway and to right end. Added bay to left: a small rectangular window with C20 casement to each floor, on left of porch. Interior not inspected at resurvey. An unusual C17 plan, the entrance being into the main living room forward of the main stack, and having an early separate entrance into bay 1. The number of entrances suggests that the house was 4 single-bay cottages by the late C18. The property is now divided to left of the dated entrance.

Listing NGR: SD9977862690

External Links

• Wikidata Q26425072

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