Description

WINGERWORTH

SK36SE ASHOVER ROAD
1264-0/8/139 (North side (off))
03/07/78 Woodthorpe Grange Cottage

II

House, disused and derelict at time of survey (June 1992). C16
with C17 and late C18 alterations. Cruck-framed and box-framed
with outer walls replaced by sandstone rubble with ashlar
dressings. Corrugated asbestos roof. L-plan. 2 storeys. The
south wall has a gabled cross-wing at the left with 2 windows
of 2 lights with flat-faced mullions on each floor. At the
right the main wall is of 2 bays and has a plain stone window
surround at the right, with a flat-faced mullion, and 1st
floor windows with stone surrounds. The left-hand bay contains
a doorway with quoined surround. The left-hand return wall of
the cross-wing has a 3-light window with flat-faced mullions
on the ground floor, a window to the left with stone surround,
and a 1st floor window with a stone surround and with its
mullions removed. The east gable of the house has a
ground-floor window with plain reveals, and a 1st floor window
of 2 lights with flat-faced mullion. Part of the rear
wallplate is visible.
INTERIOR: A cruck truss remains, dividing the north-south
cross-wing into 2 unequal bays. 2 western posts indicate that
the east-west range was timber-framed. The front door opens
into a lobby against back-to-back hearths, with a shouldered
stone fireplace facing into the west room.

Listing NGR: SK3740164954

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513170

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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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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey