Description

HARLAXTON
SK8832 CHURCH STREET
1315-0/14/138 (North West side)
24/09/79 No.4
Rose Cottage and adjoining well head
GV II

Estate cottage, now a house, and adjoining well head. c1700,
remodelled c1820-1840, with mid C20 additions and alterations.
Rubble, rendered and whitewashed, with with first floor partly
hung with fishscale tile. Ashlar dressings and pantile roof
with coped brick ridge stack. 2 storeys; 6 window range.
Windows are mainly C19 casements with leaded glazing, with
wooden mullions to the first floor and stone mullions below.
Facing gable has a stepped external brick gable stack, with
ashlar dressings and 2 flues, one of them terracotta,
crenellated. To its left, a 2-light window. Below, to its
right, a 3-light window. Right return has to left a hipped
stone stair turret with a small window, and an adjoining
square ashlar external stack with stone banded square flue.
Various C19 and C20 windows, including a C18 2-light ground
floor window with ovolo mullions. Left return has to right a
2-light window on each floor, with various first floor windows
to left. Central single storey flat roofed addition with a
5-light window and a door. Between them, a square ashlar well
head with slab coping and a round projection to the front.
Stone bracket above, with crane and pulley.
This building is one of those remodelled in a picturesque
style c 1820-1840 by Gregory Gregory, Lord of the Manor of
Harlaxton, following the precepts of JC Loudon. Included for
group value.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N:
Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 361-362; Rowlands G:
Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29).

Listing NGR: SK8840132638

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585930

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings