Description

SETTLE VICTORIA STREET
SD 8263
(east side)
11/25 Primrose House and
20.2.58 No. 1 (The Cottage)
School Hill (formerly
listed as House
adjoining on North
side the row of 3
houses adjoining
Fells Farm).
GV II

Farmhouse, now house and flat. Dated 1664. Refronted in C18. Stucco stone dressings
stone slate roof. 3 storeys 3 bays. C17 central entrance was later heightened;
moulded surround and decorated hood with date and initials IWE. All windows are
C18 but some reuse C17 chamfered surrounds; all contain sahes with glazing bars.
Left-hand window on ground and first gloor has moulded surrond. Right-hand ground
floor window is 2 light and mullioned. The remaining windows are 1 light. Left-hand
gable end ridge stack. Interior: left hand room has late C18 panelling with fluted
Doric pilasters to fire surround. Semi-circular backed wall cupboard in similar
style with Roman Doric frieze of triglyphs, guttae and rams skulls, 5 panel door.
Plaster ceiling has 4 rosettes each within a circle, and two strips of bayleaf
decoration. Right-hand room has inglenook fireplace with segmental head of 14
voussoirs and bead moulding. 2 chamfered beams with stops. Third floor is now
a separate flat known as No. 1 School Hill.

Listing NGR: SD8209963493

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26603016

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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