Description

SX 45 SW MAKER-WITH-RAME EMPACOMBE

6/105 Empacombe Cottage
23.1.68
GV II

House. Early C19, circa 1800. Rendered stone with hipped slate roof and two ridge
stacks.
Double depth plan; central entrance hall with 2 front rooms and 2 rear rooms opening
off it. Single storey at front with ground falling away at rear. Regency Gothic
style. Single storey front, pointed arch doorway with interlace fanlight flanked by
sash windows with interlace heads and marginal glazing. Small round-headed niches
on either side of door. Garden front has castellated canted bay to living-room, 2
light windows to sides, 3 in the middle. Original sash window to right. Rear
elevation on falling ground shows some alterations, gabled ends on either sides of
now filled recess centre.
Interior: has a central hallway with 4 rooms opening off it. 6 panelled doors in
pointed arch surrounds with Y tracery in head and Greek key imposts. The sitting-
key room to right has a plain unaltered interior with cornice and marble fireplace
with roundels and basket grate. Kitchen has its original fireplace and fitted
larder. A little altered Regency cottage with both gothic and classical features.

Listing NGR: SX4460653020

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433435

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)