Description

SO 7705 EASTINGTON ALKERTON

1771/12/10012 Alkerton Cross House, including front
and rear walls and outbuilding to rear

II

House. Early C19 rebuilding of earlier C18 property. Built of brick with M-profile slate roof to front block and slate and pantile roofs to rear; truncated brick end stacks to front, and end stack to rear outbuilding. Front block is double-depth plan, representing the early C19 addition to front of a mid/late C18 single-depth house; outbuildings to rear. 2 storeys. 3-window front with stepped stone voussoirs over 6/6-pane sashes and blind window above early C19 decorative canopied wrought-iron porch to front of early C19 6-panel door with latticed overlight. C19 wood casements and one sma1l-panediron casement to rear. INTERIOR noted as being remarkably complete with original panelled doors, shutters and neo-classical design fireplaces; stop-chamfered beam in C18 part to rear, which has retained C18 principal rafters (tenoned purlins sawn off) and C18 plank doors with iron latches etc. SUBSIDIAR y FEATURES: chamfered stone coping to brick front yard wall; plot to rear bounded by brick wall with run of outbuildings including a rare surviving example of an early C19 back kitchen or bakehouse, with segmental arches over wood casements to exterior, plank door with original lock and simple interior with shutters to windows and C19 features including flour hoist. A good example of a small C18 property extended in the early C19, the features from this period surviving in a remarkable state of preservation.

Listing NGR: SO7744905304

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558705

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)