Description

PRESTON ON STOUR

SP2040 Nos.3 AND 4
1912-1/12/114
25/07/94

GV II

Pair of estate cottages. Dated 1857. For James Roberts West.
Brick; fishscale tile roof with enriched cresting and brick
cross-axial stacks with octagonal shafts. L-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2-window range; gable breaks forward to
right of centre. Wide eaves and verges. Segmental-headed
entrance to right end has plank door with enriched strap
hinges and gabled timber canopy with decorative framing.
Segmental-headed windows to ground floor have brick sills, and
labelmoulds over 2-light and 3-light casements with enriched
cast-iron glazing; 1st floor has windows with 2-light
casements, that to left in gabled half-dormer.
Left return has canted bay window under hipped roof with
datestone to gable above.
Rear wing has entrance with gabled open timber porch and
half-dormer above, and cross-axial stack; datestone reads:
IRW/ 1857. Rear has re-entrant gabled wing and C20 flat-roofed
outshut.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Built as part of a model estate village and with 3 other pairs
forming a symmetrical composition.
(Darley G: Villages of Vision: London: 1975-: 298).

Listing NGR: SP2040949858

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662652

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)