Description

ST4412 MERRIOTT CP SHIREMOOR HILL (East side)

9/155 Laurel Cottage

GV II

Detached cottage. C16, reshaped early C18. Ham stone roughly cut and squared, ashlar dressings; thatched roof between
coped gables; brick end chimney stacks. 'L'-plan: 2 storeys, 3 bays. All 3-light horizontal-bar casement windows with
timber lintols except ground floor bay 3, which is a 3-light hollow-chamfer mullioned window in chamfered recess with
label. Between bays 2/3 a 6-panel door hung on medium frame in plain opening, under timber and slated hood;
single-light chamfered surround window inserted to left. Further casement windows in south gable. At rear, a door with
heavy timber shouldered-head frame. Interior not seen, but reported is a cross-passage plan; the interior altered; but
chamfered crossbeams with simple runout stops survive; roof frame contains an adapted jointed cruck, and a closed
post-and-truss structure with cambered collar. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, June 1976).

Listing NGR: ST4461512920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308652

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)