Description

LANCASTER

SD45NE ASHFORD ROAD, Scotforth
1685-1/2/333 (South side)
18/02/70 No.17
Laburnum Cottage and attached store
to right
(Formerly Listed as:
ASHFORD ROAD, Scotforth
No.17)

II

Farmhouse and attached stable, now house and store (in
separate ownership). Mid C18. altered C20. Painted sandstone
random rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins. Graduated
Westmorland slate roofs, and coped gables with kneelers and
gable stacks. Shallow double-depth 4-room plan, plus set-back
single-unit side wings on the same axis.
All 2 storeys, 1+2+1 bays. The central block has a slightly
off-centre doorway and two 12-pane sash windows on each floor,
all these openings with raised plain surrounds. The set-back
side wings are slightly lower. That on the left has a large
3-light casement at ground floor and a top-hung casement
above, and that on the right (the former stable) is not
painted, has a 12-pane fixed window at 1st floor, a gable
chimney, a waggon doorway in the gable wall and a loft doorway
in the rear wall approached by external steps.
The rear of the central element has a former doorway in the
centre altered as a window, an inserted doorway to the 2nd bay
and 3 other small windows.
INTERIOR: cellar under right-hand half of house.

Listing NGR: SD4793259341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585882

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)