Description

CAR COLSTON off LARGE GREEN SK 74 SW (south side) 4/31 Manor Cottages Nos. 1 and 2

II

Manor house. Now 2 cottages. Early C17 with additions mid C18 and C20. Timber framed with brick nogging and cladding and brick. Plain tile roofs. Partial rubble plinth, dentillated eaves, single coped gable with kneelers. 3 ridge and single C20 external gable stacks. 2 storeys plus garrets, 9 unequal bays. Single range with cross passage. Windows are mostly C19 casements and Yorkshire sashes. South east side has to left, 3 casements. To their right, lean-to addition in return angle, with a casement. To right again, early C19 door with hood and overlight. To its right, 4 casements of various sizes. Above, 3 off-centre Yorkshire sashes flanked by 3 irregularly spaced casements. North west side has to left, C20 door flanked by single casements. To their right, lean-to brick porch with pantile roof and dentillated eaves, with door. Casement in return angle. To its right, casement with segmental head and C20 door with C19 pedimented hood. Beyond, C20 addition has casement and door with flanking light. Above, to left, 3 casements. To their right, Yorkshire sash with segmental head. To right again, a casement. To its right, a casement and a Yorkshire sash, both with segmental heads. North east gable has close boarded door flanked to left by 2 and to right by single casements. Above, 2 casements on each floor. Central section interior has 4 C17 bay posts, 3 of them jowled. One has 2 struts. Substantial remains of external stud wall with intermediate rail. 2 complete internal stud walls and remains of a third. 2 chamfered span beams with stops. North east end has 4 C18 bay posts clamped to principal rafters. Chamfered span beams. Principal rafter roof with butt purlins. 2 C19 winder stairs, one with stick balusters, the other with a square newel. 2 framed 8 panel doors, C17 and C18. 5 early C19 plank doors.

Listing NGR: SK7170642441

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy