Description

BUXTON

SK07SE THE FRONT, Fairfield
616-1/2/100 (South side)
25/01/51 Nos.1, 2 AND 3 Old Hall Cottages
(Foxes Yard)
(Formerly Listed as:
THE FRONT, Fairfield
Old Hall Cottages (3) (Fox's Yard))

II

House divided into 3 cottages, now 2 cottages. 1687, with C19
and C20 alterations. Whitewashed coursed rubble, with ashlar
gritstone dressings and C20 tiled roof with various stone
stacks.
PLAN: hall, cross wing and rear wing, with single storey
lean-to added between wings.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Quoins. South front 6 irregular windows
arranged 1:5, with projecting gable to left. Gable has 2-light
window on each floor and doorway to right with C20 door, all
with Tudor hoodmoulds. To right 3-light chamfered mullion
window, doorway with chamfered ashlar surround and deep
lintel, 4-light chamfered mullion window with central mullion
removed, projecting gabled brick porch and single light fire
window beyond. Above 4-light chamfered mullion window with
central mullion removed and to right a similar single light
window. To left a similar tiny 2-light window and 2 windows
beyond.
West front has central doorway with ashlar surround and to
right single light window in similar surround, above 2-light
window and to right single light window.
North front has C20 central single storey range flanked by
2-storey gabled cross wings. Central range has central door
and flanking 2-light windows.
Right cross wing has 4-light chamfered mullion window with
Tudor hoodmould and above similar window with outer lights
blocked and whitewashed over and central mullion removed.
Left cross wing has a restored 2-light mullion window and to
right ashlar doorway with quoined jambs and C20 door and above
C20 2-light window and to right 2-light window with ashlar
surround.
Almost all windows have C20 diamond leaded metal frame
casements.
INTERIOR: of No.1 has fine segmental, chamfered arched stone
fireplace, approximately 2m high, with domed bread oven to
left. Some of original roof timbers of main range re-used
within C20 lean-to.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire:
Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 214).

Listing NGR: SK0687174069

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549178

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  For the Record
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)