Description

ST LEVAN ARDENSAWAH
SW 32 SE
7/181 Ardensawah Cottages
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GV II
Pair of small houses. Circa late C19. Cement rendered front, otherwise granite
rubble with granite dressing. Scantle slate roof with brick chimneys over the gable
ends and over the cross party wall. Cast-iron ogee-section gutter.
Plan: Pair of identical but mirror image plan houses, completely unaltered. Each
house has a full depth kitchen/living room; a small parlour with a pantry behind; a
lobby entrance leading to a straight flight stair between the kitchen and parlour and
a rear lobby entrance behind the stair. Kitchens are at far left and right.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Overall 6 window south-west front. Each house has a nearly
symmetrical 3-window front with approximately central doorway (each doorway is closer
to the middle of the pair). Old ledged doors with overlights. Original 16-pane
horned sashes.
Rear is unaltered and has its original ledged doors with overlights and 16-pane
sashes to the pantries and 12-pane sashes to light the stair landings.
Interiors are completely unaltered and retain all their original features including:
4-panel doors; cast-iron Cornish ranges, and cast-iron gates to the parlour and
bedrooms.

Listing NGR: SW3694923007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431317

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)