Description

NEWTON-ON-THE-MOOR SWARLAND
NU 10 SE
6/208 Swarland Hall
Cottage
II

Electricity generating house, now cottage. Later C19. Squared stone with
tooled lintels; Welsh slate roof with stacks of pale orange brick. Single
storey, 5 narrow bays. Central boarded door, with 2-pane overlight, under
timber lintel. 12-pane sash windows, that to far right set in former doorway
with timber lintel; other windows have rounded jambs and slightly-projecting
sills. Hipped roof; 2 banded ridge stacks and similar lateral stack to left.
Rear elevation shows attached ceramic insulators for former power cables.

Listed for historic interest: Swarland Hall (demolished in 1930s) is said
to have had electric lighting installed "soon after Cragside".

Pent brick additions at rear and on right return are not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NU1603703258

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293767

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock