Description

SANDFORD ST.MARTIN MANOR ROAD
SP4226 (North side)
14/136 Pear Tree Cottage
27/08/56 (Formerly listed as House
immediately to South of
Southfield Farmhouse)
GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Late C17, possibly with earlier features. Limestone ashlar
and rubble; Stonesfield-slate and Welsh-slate roof with ashlar gable stacks.
3-unit cross-passage plan, now partly altered, with rear service range. 2
storeys plus attic. 3-window ashlar front has leaded stone-mullioned windows of
2, 3 and 2 lights on both floors plus a chamfered stone doorway to left of
centre; continuous moulded drip over ground floor openings. Stacks have plinths
and moulded caps, and the roof has been extended to right over a cart entry with
former loft above. Rear has further mullioned windows and a central gabled stair
tower. Left end wall is in random rubble and may be earlier; it returns to a
single-storey service range. Interior: large open fireplace with cambered
stop-chamfered bressumer and bread oven; similar fireplace with bread oven in
rear wing; winder stairs to attics; butt-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: SP4212026507

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26304279

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)