Description

SOMERLEYTON THE GREEN
TM 49 NE
4/38 Nos. 15 and 16
GV II
Pair of estate cottages. Circa 1850. Red brick with white brick dressings
and a raised brick course at first floor level. Mid C20 concrete plaintiles.
Picturesque style. Symmetrical to the green, with a hipped-roof block set
forward. 2 storeys. 2 windows, mullion and transome casements under
segmental arches; the original lead lattice cames only remain in the upper
part of each light. The upper windows are gabled half-dormers. To each
recessed part of the facade a shallow arched doorway with boarded door.
Central rectangular stack of yellow brick with grouped flues and a second
matching stack to the rear. Included for group value as part of the model
village of estate workers' cottages built around the green for Sir Morton Peto
to the designs of John Thomas. Almost identical to Nos. 5 & 6, The Green
(q.v.).

Listing NGR: TM4843897398

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635632

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)