Description

NZ 25 NW WHICKHAM A692 11/104 (south side off)

1.7.77 Cox Close House (formerly listed as Cox Close House and Cox Close Cottage) G.V. II

House. Late C17/early C18. Rendered front, limestone and brick rear, brick gables. Pantiled roof has 2 rows of stone slates at front. 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows. Central half-glazed 4-panelled door in C20 porch. 3-light horizontal sliding sash windows in plain reveals. 3 high dormers have 3-light sliding sashes under cornices and moulded curved gables; ball and spike finials. Shaped gables have coping of one row of headers. 2 rendered end brick chimneys. Interior: closed-string stair has flat balusters, narrow grip handrail. 2-panelled doors throughout, some renewed, the originals with narrow central beaded section. Main bedroom has one high, corniced chimney-piece with raised central section above lugged bolection-moulded surround with late C18 cast-iron grate inserted; 2 other chimney-pieces of similar quality. One fielded panel to shutters of most windows. Moulded plastered beams to principal room.

Listing NGR: NZ2283259963

External Links

• Wikidata Q26480599

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings