Description

ROTHWELL DESBOROUGH ROAD
SP 8081- 8181
9/67 Nos 3 and 3A
12.6.50 (The Nunnery)
GV II
Farmhouse, now 2 houses. 1660. Coursed and squared ironstone with
limestone and brick dressings, plain tile and thatched roofs. Rubble
plinth, off-centre coped stone ridge stack, brick ridge stack, and stone
gable stack rebuilt in brick. 2 storeys, 4 bays, single range. Street
front has a central narrow gabled 2-storey porch with moulded Tudor
arched doorcase and recessed Tudor arched jambs with decorated spandrels
and C17 plank door. Above the door, a lozenge shaped datestone
inscribed'J T B 1660'. Above again, a stepped head 3-light mullioned
casement. To the left of the door, a 4-light and a 2-light casement, mid
C20. To the right, two 3-light transomed steel framed casements.
Beyond, a blocked window and below it, a cellar opening. Above, to the
left, a 3-light casement, and to the right two 3-light casements with
eyebrow dormers. All these openings have wooden lintels. Rear has a
near-central semi-circular thatched projection, flanked by C20 single
storey additions with corrugated sheet roofs. Beyond, to the right,
remains of 2 mullioned casements.

Listing NGR: SP8140781263

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26577208

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)