Description

HARLAXTON SK8832 CHURCH STREET 1315-0/14/137 (North West side) 24/09/79 No.2 Woodbine Cottage and attached wall and steps GV II

Estate cottage, now a house, and attached wall and steps. Mid C18, altered 1789, and remodelled c1820-1840. Coursed squared stone with red brick front and ashlar dressings, and pantile roof. 2 gable stacks with brick bases and square ashlar coped double flues, the right one external with supporting ashlar buttresses. Ashlar plinth, dentillated brick eaves, coped gables. 2 storeys; 2 window range. Windows have stone surrounds, chamfered mullions and cornices. Two 2-light windows. Central 4-centred arched ashlar doorcase with plank door and ornamental hinges, linked on the left to a 4-light window, under a common cornice. 3 ashlar steps to the door. To right, a 2-light window with a blank shield incorporated above. All the windows have diamond pane glazing. At the right end, a short ashlar wall with a gateway and steps behind it. This building is one of those built or altered c1790-1820 by George de Ligne Gregory and remodelled in a picturesque style c1820-1840 by Gregory Gregory. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 361-362; Rowlands G: Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29).

Listing NGR: SK8841932654

External Links

• Wikidata Q26529528

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