Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NW CASTLE HILL
1685-1/6/36 (East side)
22/12/53 Nos.15 AND 17

GV II

Pair of cottages, now a folk museum and a house. 1739,
converted c1820 into 2 cottages, and restored c1977. Roughly
coursed sandstone rubble with quoins, stone slate roof, and a
gable chimney stack on the left. Shallow double-depth plan. 2
low storeys and 3 bays, previously symmetrical around 3
doorways, of which the central one led to the back yard; the
right-hand doorway was recently altered as a window, while the
remaining coupled pair have chamfered surrounds and deep
lintels, inscribed 'RTA' and '1739' above the central jamb,
(formerly a semicircular plaque with the same initials over
the date above the original central doorway). To left the
first bay has a square chamfered surround with a C19
sixteen-pane sashed window, similar to that in the former
right-hand doorway. To right a large square 20-pane sashed
window within a plain surround, which has the marks of former
shutter-lugs in the jambs. The first floor has 3 low
rectangular windows, all now with C19 eight-pane sashes but
with evidence of original chamfered flush mullions in the
centre. To the rear, just outside the present yard wall, is a
restored well protected by a circular wall.
INTERIOR: in the museum is a fireplace with shouldered jambs
and a small cupboard in the staircase with a fielded panelled
door and H-hinges.

Listing NGR: SD4745461806

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26579024

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings