Description

SE 7806-7906 BELTON HIGH STREET
(west side)

18/21 No 70 (The Laurels)
and outbuilding adjoining
to left

GV II

Farmhouse and adjoining outbuilding. 1777 with later minor alterations.
Brown brick in Flemish bond. Pantile roofs. House has double-depth plan
with 2-room central entrance-hall south front. Gable-end to street. 2
storeys, 3 bays; symmetrical. C20 door in original frame with plain
overlight in doorcase with pilasters carrying entablature with modillioned
cornice and hood. C19 4-pane sashes in original flush wooden architraves
with sills beneath stucco flat arches. Central first-floor painted dummy
window. Stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice. Brick-coped gables with
shaped stone kneelers. End stacks. Gable ends have tie bars with "T" to
right, "7" to left, (originally "T B" and "1777"). Single-storey
outbuilding adjoining at right angles to left has pair of board doors and
sliding sash with glazing bars beneath rubbed-brick flat arches; round-
headed board door to right. Tumbled-in brick to raised gables. Interior of
house contains chamfered spine beams, 2-fielded-panel doors in architraves,
single-flight staircase, plaster first floors.

Listing NGR: SE7845006758

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26368056

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Recommended Books

• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  For the Record
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2