Description

RISHTON COW HILL LANE
SD 72 NW
4/102 Rose Cottage
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GV II

Farmhouse, C17, later altered and extended, now house. Coursed and
random rubble, slate roof with a brick chimney on the ridge, and a
lateral stack. L-shaped plan, 2 bays with a crosswing to west which
projects on north side. Two storeys; present entrance in angle on north
side covered by lean-to porch. Principal feature of interest is crosswing:
this has quoins, a large projecting chimney stack in centre of side wall
flanked by small chamfered windows (both blocked), and on each floor of
south gable a 4-light double-chamfered stone mullion window with a
hoodmould. First bay east of wing has a similar 5-light window, lacking
2 mullions (and now covered by glazed porch). Interior: wing has
box-framed partition wall with large cambered tie-beam at 1st floor; some
chamfered beams; stair turret incorporated in re-entrant at north east
corner under same roof. (Ainsworth Homesteads p.p. 349-55)

Listing NGR: SD7198528914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328551

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]