Description

Circa 1840; extended 1998. Single storey and attic, 3-bay former toll house in Breadalbane Estate cottage style. Chlorite-slate rubble with roughly squared quoins; harled to rear. Pointed-arch voussoired doorway. Timber transoms and mullions.

N (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: centre bay with gabled stone porch with vertically-panelled timber door and vertically-astragalled 4-part fanlight, gabled bay to right with slate-roofed canted window at ground containing 9-light window flanked by 4-light windows (all transomed) and blocked window in gablehead. Lower bay to left of centre with transomed 4-light windows to ground and to stone dormer above.

E ELEVATION: gabled elevation with transomed 4-light window to each floor, harled wing set back to outer left..

W ELEVATION: transomed 4-light windows to ground and to stone dormer breaking eaves above.

S ELEVATION: blank gabled elevation with harled extension projecting at outer right.

Multi-pane leaded glazing pattern to casement windows. Graded grey slates. Coped ashlar octagonal shafted stacks. Overhanging eaves with decorative pierced bargeboards.

BOUNDARY WALLS: semicircular-coped rubble boundary walls.

Statement of Interest

Formerly listed as 'Armoury House', the building was renovated in 1998. 'The Armoury' is situated to the rear of 'Armoury Toll House'.

Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas