Description

ST 56 NW
7/82
13.10.52

FLAX BOURTON
FLAX BOURTON (south side)
The Old Angel and Angel Cottage
(formerly listed as the Angel Inn)

G.V.
II

Detached house, formerly the Angel Inn, now two cottages. Mid C17, extended to
right (Angel Cottage) in early C19. Rendered; pantile roof, with coped raised
verges and parapet with moulded corners to left; brick stacks. To the left is
the Old Angel. 2 storeys and attic. 3 bays: 2-, 1- and 4-light casement
windows with ovolo moulded mullions and surrounds, all under a continuous string
course. Central studded, panelled door in ogee and ovolo moulded frame. To
the right: 2 storeys; sash and casement window with 2 plain doors to the right
on the ground floor, two 16-pane sash windows on the first floor. To the rear
of the Old Angel is a gabled projecting stairtower and a gabled rear wing.
Interior of Old Angel has stop-chamfered and ovolo and hollow moulded beams;
moulded doorframes; the living room (hall) has an ashlar fireplace with a
4-centred lintel with sunken spandrels and a decorative fluted frieze and
cornice; the room above has a similar fireplace but with a plain frieze and a
dentilled cornice; rear winder stair.

Listing NGR: ST5065269353

External Links

• Wikidata Q26430974

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas