Description

ELMESTHORPE STATION ROAD SP 49 NE (north east side)

1/26 Nos.1-6 Wortley Cottages inclusive 19/1/1970 II

6 cottages. Built in 1896 to the designs of C F A Voysey for Lord Lovelace of Kirkby Mallory. Brick, roughcast and whitewashed, with hipped Swithland slate roof. At each end of the front,a diagonal buttress. 6 roughcast stacks, those at the ends external. 2 storeys, 6 bays. The row is designed to appear as 3 symmetrical pairs. At the front, each pair has a central hipped porch with a 6 light leaded casement and a door in each side, 4 of these being the original close-boarded doors with decorative hinges. The central 4 mainly retain the original fenestration with single 4 light casements on each floor, those to the first floor with leaded glazing. No.1, to the left, has a 3 light C20 casement on each floor. No.6, to the right, has a C20 glazing bar casement on each floor. At the rear, each pair has a hipped outbuilding and several late C20 additions. Above, a continuous 6 light strip casement. Nos. 4 and 5 have altered glazing.

Listing NGR: SP4696696013

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Care and Repair