Description

KISLINGBURY HIGH STREET
SP65NE (East side)
4/89 Cromwell Cottage Restaurant

GV II

House, now restaurant. Mid C17 with considerable C20 alterations and additions.
Coursed squared ironstone, C20 plain-tile roof, brick end and ridge stacks,
stone lateral stack. 3-unit plan with cross wing. 2 storeys and attic: 4-window
range. Part-blocked door to right of centre with wood lintel and 1-light window.
A 2-light casement window to left of door with moulded stone jambs and lintel of
original stone mullion window, and 3-light casement to right with wood lintel.
Pair of 2-light casements to 1st floor left with wood lintels, pair of
ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows to 1st floor right with hood moulds,
innermost window with mullion replaced by casement. Single-storey C20 extension
including porch to left of centre. Cross- wing to far left, much altered C20
with gable largely rebuilt as stone lateral stack. Quoins and stone-coped gables
with kneelers. Interior has stop-moulded spine beams, open fireplace with
stop-moulded bressumer. Front end stack of cross wing has open fireplace with
stop-chamfered stone Jambs. C20 extensions are not of special architectural
interest.

Listing NGR: SP6992759729

Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)