Description

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SK 41 SE
4/22

COALVILLE
WARREN HILLS ROAD (south side)
Abbots Oak

(Formerly listed as: COALVILLE, WHITWICK ROAD (south side), Abbots Oak)

II
House, c.1860 with later additions, of Charnwood granite rubble with ashlar dressings, slate roof and ridge and end stacks. Main range of two storeys with three crow-stepped gabled projections to the right-hand side, surmounted by heraldic beasts. The central projection has an arched doorway, with spandrels carved with ivy, the initials "T.N" and "Peace be to this house" on the ribbon. Mullioned windows, some also with transoms. Castellated tower (which originally had a tall pyramidal roof) behind, with conical-roofed stair turret. Early C20 range to rear.

Interior has two panelled rooms and a richly-carved staircase in Jacobean Revival manner. Floriated cross on a base with carved heads between miniature gables, in flower bed in front garden.

Listing NGR: SK4647214283

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643256

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair