Description

MORETONHAMPSTEAD FORE STREET (south side),
SX 7586
Moretonhampstead
8/152 Nos. 14 and 16
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GV II

Pair of cottages in a row. Circa 1845, probably a rebuilding after the 1845 fire
in Fore Street. Granite rubble with roughcast front. Asbestos slate roof with
gabled ends. Centre C19 or early C20 rear wing with granite ground floor and red
brick first floor and with gable end.
Pair of identical 2-room plan cottages with central entrances, possibly retaining
some earlier fabric in the rebuilding after the 1845 fire. Wing at rear added in
late C19 or early C20 with service rooms on ground floor.
2 storeys. 4 widely spaced windows. Mid C19 12-pane sashes with crown glass.
Plain doorway at centre of each cottage with small blocked rectangular fanlights;
No. 14 has C20 door; No. 16 has late C19 panelled door. Wide gable-ended rear
wing.
This pair of cottages has a little altered mid C19 front complete with all its sash
windows and forms a group with Nos. 10 and 12 and No. 18 Fore Street (q.v.).
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SX7542486079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618901

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