Description

TQ 64 NW
1/305

CAPEL
UDELEY LANE
The Round House

GII
Converted oasthouse, now one house but formerly two cottages.Mid/late C19, converted in the early/mid C20.Red brick, the front is timber-framed and hung with peg-tile; C20 brick stacks and chimney shafts; peg-tile roof. Plan:Originally an oasthouse facing south.Stowage now has a projecting right (east) end stack and left front corner stack.Single circular plan former hop kiln on left (west) end.Stowage is two storeys. Exterior:Former stowage has an irregular one:two-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars.Front doorway is right of centre and contains a C20 plank door under a shallow flat hood. (The National Monuments Records photograph of 1956 shows a pair of similar doors). Stowage roof is hipped to right.The hop kiln has a brick corbelled cornice and tall conical roof without its cowl.Interior: Not inspected. This is an early example of a converted oast in an attractive landscape where a high proportion of the buildings are listed including the nearby Gate Cottage and Gate House (q.v.) and the barn to south (q.v.).

Listing NGR: TQ6176245590

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545806

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)