Description

THORNFORD
ST 6012 LONGFORD ROAD (west side)
17/148 Nos 436 and 437
31.7.61
GV II

Pair of cottages in row. Early C19. Coursed rubble-stone walls. Thatch
roof with half-hipped and gabled ends, and with 2 gabled dormer to each
cottage at front. Brick stacks at party wall and on ridge of no. 437.
1½ storeys. 4 windows, irregular fenestration. No. 436 has 3-light wood
casements with glazing-bars, and two 2-light wood casements with glazing-
bars in gabled half-dormers, brick-dressed jambs and brick over window-
head. No. 437 has a square bay window each side of front door, 3-light
casements, C19. Gabled half-dormers have 2-light Yorkshire sliding-sashes
with ornamental bressumers under the thatch. Front door at centre, is
flush-panelled with 2 top lights, up steps. Gabled wood porch with carved
bressumer. Interior: no. 437 has a lobby-entrance. Flagstone floors in
right room. No. 437 was the home of C19 Fooks family of carpenters.

Listing NGR: ST6030212989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447327

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)