Description

SD 71 NW TURTON HIGH STREET
Chapeltown

7/125 Nos. 87 and 89
27.1.1967
GV II

House, probably early C17. Coursed sandstone rubble with quoins,
stone slate roof with chimneys at both ends (higher buildings adjoin).
Two-bay end-baffle-entry plan, 2 low storeys with later 2-storey gabled
porch of dressed blocks at right end: this has a doorway with chamfered
jambs and lintel, and an oval window above. Ground floor has inserted
door in centre, 2 double-chamfered stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds,
of 4 and 5 lights; 1st floor has 3 windows of 3, 2 and 3 lights with
chamfered mullions. Rear has a 3-light mullioned firewindow (now under
glazed porch), a single-storey single-cell extension with quoins, and
various modernised windows. Interior: large inglenook with timber-framed
heck; chamfered ceiling beams in housepart; timber-framed partitions with
exposed wattle and daub; in parlour and in chamber above it, rectangular
stone fireplaces with chamfered jambs and heads; original roof trusses,
and close to chimney above inglenook a collar carrying a kingpost -
possibly associated with former firehood.

Listing NGR: SD7330415791

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551446

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)