Description

DENTON MAIN STREET
SP8358 (East side)
15/84 Upper Gate House and Lower
Gate House

GV II

Pair of houses, formerly inn. C18, altered C20. Coursed squared limestone, reed
thatch roof, brick end and ridge stacks. 2- and 3- unit plans. 2 storeys and
attic; 7-window range. Central carriage arch with depressed-arched head. C20
2-light casement window to far left and to right of centre, that to left (Lower
Gate House) with flat-arched head, that to right (Upper Gate House) with wood
lintel. 2-light casement windows to ground and 1st floors with flat-arched
heads. Two roof dormers with 2-light casement windows. Stone-coped gables. Ridge
stack to right of centre is cross-shaped and is partly original. Interior: Lower
Gate House has large open fireplace with chamfered bressumer in room which was
formerly a bakery. Chamfered spine beams, old stud crown glass overlight. Collar
truss roof with 2 tiers of purlins and ridge piece. Upper Gate House has spine
beams.

Listing NGR: SP8383358069

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26485129

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014