Description

SJ 52 SW
8/50

HADNALL C.P.
PLEX ROAD
(east side)

Former bakehouse approx. 10 metres to south-east of Smethcote Manor

GV
II

Bakehouse, now outbuilding. C18. Red brick on dressed red sandstone
plinth; plain tile roof. One storey and loft. Dentil brick eaves
cornice and integral brick end stack in front of ridge to right. West
front: small 2-light segmental-headed wooden-framed metal casement
to left and segmental-headed boarded door: to right. C18 (no straight
joint) lean-to to right with 2 boarded doors in return. Partly blocked
segmental-headed loft opening in left-hand gable end. Introduced early
C19 small-paned cast-iron window at rear with intersecting tracery.
Interior: large open fireplace with chamfered lintel, now blocked and
with inserted bread oven. The owner (December 1985) reports that
there was formerly a washing copper too. The large fireplace suggests
that this building might formerly have been a cottage. Included for
group value.

Listing NGR: SJ5037420902

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307079

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)