Description

WOODLEIGH VILLAGE CENTRE SX 74 NW 5/127 Church Cottage and Gnosall Cottage GV II Pair of cottages. Probably late C17. Rendered or whitewashed rubble thatched roof. Interiors much altered and difficult to interpret, possibly cross-passage plans; Gnosall Cottage has wing, back right. Two storeys, irregular fenst- ration; Church Cottage, left, has two 2-light C20 casements, and at first floor a 2 and a 3-light C18 casements with leading, in eyebrows. C20 gabled door under porch with wooden arch on posts to thatched hood. Stack between windows at ridge; left outer bay possibly later addition. Hipped end and splayed end wall with 3 over 2-light casements. Glazed lean-to to back. Gnosall Cottage has three 2-light casements, and first floor two similar, all to horizontal bars; C20 door and porch between first and second windows. Right gable has stack, and a further stack to internal angle with wing, which has C20 door and additions. Interiors: much modified, Gnosall Cottage has boxed trans- verse beams, and Church Cottage some early principal rafters in part of a lean- to. One of the cottages formerly Post Office, indicated as such on OS map.

Listing NGR: SX7382348877

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  For the Record