Description

TF 80 SW HILBOROUGH SWAFFHAM ROAD
(north side)

2/17 The Nunnery
30:10:85

GV II

House. Early C18 and later. Brick, gault brick and flint with brick
dressings. Pantile and slate roofs. Continuous outshut added to rear of
main block which, in turn, is attached to a C19 self- contained cottage.
Main block. One and a half storeys. Brick facade with decorative vertical
bands of black headers. Slightly advanced centre bay with a later gault brick
porch which has a 4-centred arch and 2-leaf door with cover strips. One C19
rectangular bay to the left with a chamfered mullion 3-light window and hipped
roof. Greenhouse projecting from right hand bay. Upper floor with 3 C19
2-light chamfered mullion windows and a circular window (a characteristic
feature of Hilborough estate cottages). Sawtooth cornice. Brick and flint
south gable-end with canted gault brick bay and a 2-light chamfered mullion
window. Central axial stack with 4 rebuilt angled shafts. Rear cottage in
flint with brick dressings. One and a half storeys. Boarded door with cover
strips, one 2-light casement window with a reduced window above. External
gable-end stack with 2 angled shafts. Hilborough Hall Estate.

Listing NGR: TF8270700534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26466723

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)