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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26471879

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)