Description

SD 9074 LITTON MAIN STREET
(south side, off)

20/129 Elbeck Farmhouse and Cottage
(formerly listed as Elbeck
20.2.58 Farmhouse and Farmbuilding)

- II

House. Dated 1707. Limestone rubble, graduated stone slate roof. 2 storeys,
3 bays. Added bay right and converted outbuildings to left, not of special
interest. Central gabled 2-storey porch has: board door on left with
chamfered quoined jambs and stepped chamfer to lintel with relief
lettering,"I.E. 1707"; recessed chamfered 2-light mullion window to right,
under a continuous hoodmould with door, and similar, stepped, 3-light
window above. Similar windows with hoodmoulds to ground floor, of probably
2 (now 1),4 (now 2), and 4 (now 3) lights, the left hand windows having
continuous hoodmould, lowered chamfered sills and flat-faced mullions to
2nd window. Rectangular windows in plain surrounds to first floor and to
ground floor, right. Large ridge stack to right of porch. Interior: a
narrow entrance passage in the porch gives access to the main living room;
possible site of original staircase in porch room, right (see Sawyers Garth
q.v.) Main living room has a large segmental-arched fireplace with
tripartite stone arch, the flanking stones inscribed to represent joggled
voussoirs.

Listing NGR: SD9042374126

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425113

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  For the Record
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)