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Oak Cottage and Garden Cottage and Former Barn Adjoining

A Grade II Listed Building in Wennington, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1253 / 54°7'30"N

Longitude: -2.587 / 2°35'13"W

OS Eastings: 361731

OS Northings: 470093

OS Grid: SD617700

Mapcode National: GBR BNCQ.QY

Mapcode Global: WH952.7KBV

Plus Code: 9C6V4CG7+45

Entry Name: Oak Cottage and Garden Cottage and Former Barn Adjoining

Listing Date: 4 October 1967

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1362566

English Heritage Legacy ID: 182492

ID on this website: 101362566

Location: Wennington, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2

County: Lancashire

District: Lancaster

Civil Parish: Wennington

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Tunstall St John the Baptist and Melling St Wilfred and Leck St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

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Description


WENNINGTON THE GREEN SD 67 SW Oak Cottage and Garden Cottage and 5/192 former barn adjoining 4-10-1967 II

Two houses, both late C17th but with straight joint between. Sandstone rubble,with stone slate roof 2 storeys. Windows have mullions and are rebated and chamfered except for those on the lst floor of, Oak Cottage, which are chamfered. Oak Cottage, at the right, has ground-floor windows of 3 and 2 lights and ones of 3 and one lights above. The door, at the left, has a chamfered surround with battlemented lintel inscribed: 'WCS 1684'. Adjoining to the right and with a slightly lower roof is a former barn, now part of the house. It has a wide entrance with segmental arch, and a blocked door at the right with plain reveals. Garden Cottage, at the left, has a 3-light re-tooled window on the ground floor. On the 1st floor are 2 windows of 3 lights. At the right is a door with chamfered surround and battlemented lintel inscribed: 'MCS 1910'. To its right is a blocked one-light window. Chimney on gable of each house, the left-hand one with projecting stack. Inside, Oak Cottage has main ceiling joists replaced in pine, and recesses for a spice cupboard and bread oven in its gable wall. Interior of Garden Cottage said to contain no early features.

Listing NGR: SD6173170093

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