Description

NEWTOWN LINFORD MAIN STREET
SK 50 NW
(South West Side)
5/54 No. 32 (Gable Cottage)
1.6.66
GV II
Cottage of C16/early C17. Square panelled timber framing, herringbone and
other red brick nogging, part granite & slate rubble stone plinth and
walling, and Swithland slate roof with rebuilt ridge and end stacks. Two
storeys to left, gable facing, 1 storey centre and 1½ right, gable
facing. Left gable 4 x 4 panels with 2 2-light casements 1st floor and
casements left end. Return of 3 panels with 5-light and 2-light casement
above. Diagonal 2-light casment in corner. Centre of 5 panels and door,
with 1-light and 3-light casements and dormer above. 3 panel right gable
with 3-light casement in attic. Doors and casements to rear with part
stone walling and part of cruck frame visible. Inside chamfered beams and
massive rafters. An exceptionally picturesque, well preserved, and unrestored
example of the local architecture of the time.

Listing NGR: SK5191509909

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26336992

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)