Description

SJ 97 NW RAINOW C.P. TOWER HILL
(East Side)

2/155 Tower Hill House and
Holly Tree Cottage

GV II

Formerly house and stables, now 2 houses: C17 core with late C18 and
C20 alterations. Coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. Kerridge
stone-slate roof, stone ridge and 4 stone chimneys. L-shaped plan
with added range. 2-storey, 3-bay south front. Left 2 bays have
rubble hood moulds over a 3-light stone mullion and 3 C20 altered
openings. West front shows heavy roof timbers in gable and primitive
architrave over 6-panelled door to Tower Hill House, and projecting
part at left end has 2, 2-light chamfered stone mullions to the cellar
and 2 windows at the rear. A window with horn used as glazing is
reported.
Interior: Holly Tree Cottage has timber-framed partition walls and
heavy ceiling beams. Tower Hill has late C18 6-panelled doors,
moulded panels in window reveals and 2 pine panelled cupboards in
chimney breast. Dogleg painted mahogany staircase with square
balusters under a moulded elliptical opening with panelled soffits. 2
chamfered beams in kitchen with flat stops.

Listing NGR: SJ9476975755

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430130

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)