Description

ASHPRINGTON
SX85Nll BOW
6/40 Hill Quay Cottage

GV II

Lime-burner's cottage on the Sharpham estate. Circa mid C19. Local stone
rubble and red brick dressings. Steeply pitched asbestos slate roof with
ornate scalloped bargeboards. Projecting gable end stacks with rendered
shafts.
Plan: A symmetrical 2-room cottage with a central entrance and a small
single-storey outhouse at either end. In the C20 the right had outhouse was
converted into a kitchen and a single-storey bathroom extension was added at
the back.
Exterior: 2 storey. Symmetrical 2-window range, the first floor windows in
small gables with ornate scalloped bargeboards. Original 2-light windows with
leaded panes, one of the lights of each window has iron casement. All the
windows have segmental red brick arches and a C20 plank door but its porch has
been replaced by a verandah in the late C20 which runs across the entire width
of the house including the single-storey outhouses at either end. The
outhouses have gable-ended roofs and late C20 plank doors.
At the rear a single storey C20 flat roof extension.
Interior: was not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX8152456362

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513397

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings