Description

KIRBY MUXLOE MAIN STREET SK 50 SW Nos 75 to 85 (odd) 4/37 II Six cottages in L-plan range. 1859, by William Butterfield for Winstanley estate. Red brick with irregular diaper patterning in blue headers, C20 tiled roof, battered brick chimneys. Plain and asymmetrical. 2 storeys. North front has approximately 10 bays, 4 to left at slightly lower level than remainder. Irregular gables: left bay is gabled; bays 3, 6 and 9 have narrow gables and are slightly advanced; bays 2, 7 and 8 have small gables over first floor windows. Barred wooden casements, those to first floor mostly 2-light, those to ground floor mostly single or 3-light. Fully gabled bays have C20 glazed and barred doors. All ground floor openings have segmental relieving arches of alternate red and blue brick headers. Left bay, originally the bailiff's house, is very slightly more elaborate, with cogged first floor string and diapering between storeys. but ground floor has been altered to incorporate wide C20 barred wooden window and door. Right bay is blind and diapered. Similar rear range. (P. Thompson, William Butterfield, 1971, p.437 and 308).

Listing NGR: SK5217004590

External Links

• Wikidata Q26471879

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