Description

SE31NE
3/26
21.3.77

CROFTON
HIGH STREET
(north side)
Nos 51 to 59 (odd)

GV
II

House and attached cottages, altered to row of 5 cottages. Late C17 house
(Nos 51 and 53) encasing earlier timber frame, mid C18 cottages; all have mid-late
C20 alterations. Hammer-dressed stone with stone slate and pantile
roofs. 2 storeys with single storey outshut to rear of Nos 51, 53 and 57. Nos 51
and 53 originally 2-cell house with central lobby-entry plan which retains doorway
with tie-stone jambs and segmental-arched lintel, other inserted cottage doorway
to left end. 3 windows to each floor with renewed stone lintels and sills. Coped
gables with kneelers. Central stack to ridge. Nos 55 and 57 single-cell cottages,
each with doorway with window over and plain window with same above; projecting
band broken by inserted bay window of No 57. Coped gables. Central brick ridge
stack (rendered). No 59, at right angles to rear of No 57, largely remodelled and
has 2 bays of large C20 windows to each floor and doorway flanked by windows with
window above. Central ridge stack (rendered).

Interior: No 53 has fireplace with large shallow-arched lintel with chamfered
surround. Stop-chamfered spine beam and large-scantling joists, post to timbered
arcade.

Listing NGR: SE3792117842

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428947

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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