Description

SS9146 SELWORTHY CP
SELWORTHY VILLAGE

26/112 Nos 1 and 2 Rectory Cottage
(formerly listed as 2 separate
items: Rectory Cottage and
cottage adjoining)
22.5.69

GV II

Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. C17 altered subsequently. Rendered over rubble and cob, exposed cob on rear elevation,
hipped thatched roof, lateral stack with circular stack centre left, rebuilt stone stack above entrance to No 1. Plan:
not clear without internal inspection, appears to be 3 cell with lobby entry, possibly enlarged right of stack and
entrance resited. One and a half storeys, 2:2 bays; first floor eyebrow dormers, C20 wooden casements left of stack, 3
and 2-light leaded iron casements right, ground floor entrance end bay left with side light, projecting slate roofed
bay with C20 3-light wooden casement (formerly a shop) right of stack leaded 2-light iron casement, C20 porch, 2
windows beyond. The second dormer right is flanked by 2 fleur-de-lys incised in the plaster and painted black, there is
a spade or inverted heart below end dormer right. A rare survival of a probably once common form of decoration on
vernacular cottages. (Photograph in NMR).

Listing NGR: SS9180346745

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26310143

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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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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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)