Description

ORRELL GATHURST ROAD SD 50 NW (west side) 4/98 Orrell House - and cottage - II Farmhouse. Date stone now in garden reads: "JOHN AND/CICELY JACKSON/1737". Roughcast and stone slate roof. 2 storeys, irregular plan. 2 storeys, 3 bays; 1st 2 bays gabled, 3rd bay, a later extension, is higher. Base to 1st 2 bays, 1st bay to ground floor has window with bracketted sill, rusticated wedge lintel with cornice to key and sash; 3rd bay has window with wedge lintel with single-bar sash. 1st floor has windows with double-chamfered reveals, dripstones and single-bar sashes to 1st 2 bays; 3rd bay has casement. Entrance to 2nd bay has wide-boarded studded door with C20 gabled porch. Left return of 3 bays, the 1st 2 project under gables varied casements, 1st floor has 4-light double- chamfered-mullioned window to 3rd bay. Right return of 3 gabled bays, one of brick, blocked window with label mould. 2 gable-end and 2 lateral stacks. Interior has ovolo-moulded beams with ovolo stops; panelled doors with H-L hinges. Stair has column-balusters on close string with moulded handrail and square newels.

Listing NGR: SD5349206307

External Links

• Wikidata Q26522268

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  For the Record
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)