Description

STEEPLE ASTON NORTH SIDE
SP4726 (South side)
8/124 House at The Gap approx. 5m W
of Holly Cottage
GV II

Substantial house, formerly subdivided. Probably mostly C17, altered C18 and
later. Coursed limestone and marl stone rubble, partly banded, with wooden
lintels; Welsh-slate and concrete plain-tile roofs with rubble and rendered
stacks. L-shaped range. 2 storeys plus attic. Former cottage at east end
projects to rear with a regular 2-window arrangement of 2-light casements and a
central plank door, the lower openings with flat arches of alternate limestone
and ironstone; its gable wall is banded and has a rubble stack. Facing the road
is a 3-light ovolo-moulded wood-mullion window with a chamfered lintel, plus 2
small stair windows. The remainder of the range and its return wing has C20
casements, some with stone lintels, but the west gable wall has a parapet and a
chamfered stone stair window. Interior not inspected. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP4731626045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26556643

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)