Description

NZ 05 SE CONSETT MESSENGER BANK
(South side)
Shotley Bridge
5/73 (inset) Outbuilding south of
Messenger House
GV II

Cart shed and loft. Early C19. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings
and quoins; Welsh slate roof with stone gable coping. 3 storeys, one bay with
ground sloping down to right. Boarded Dutch door at right under flat stone
lintel;similar lintel and projecting stone sill to boarded window at left, the
sill at ground level; similar lintels and sill to boarded first-floor loft door
and smaller second-floor window with slatted lower part and upper glazing bars,
now without glass and boarded on inside. Large sandstone blocks in double
parabola around this opening probably formerly supported hoist. 2-storey rear
on higher ground has double boarded vehicle doors in alternate-block jambs
under flat stone lintel; stone shelf and blocked pigeon holes in gable peak
over boarded loft opening. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: NZ0912852821

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533455

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)