Description

SU 76 SE EVERSLEY LONGWATER LANE
(Eversley Cross)
2/15
Nos 1,2,3 and 4
- Longwater Cottages

- II

Martineau Cottages. Dated 1905. 2 storeys, 1:1:2:1:1 windows. A symmetrical
front (east) elevation, with a gable at each end of the centre and set back wings
with varied treatment. Red tile roofing with gables at sides and ½-hips to
gables on the front. Elaborately carved bargeboards. Massive brick stacks;
rectangular bases supporting grouped octagonal flues. The upper walling is
timber-framed with heavy beams at 1st floor and eaves level, main and subsidiary
verticals, heavy brackets where jettied (at 2nd floor on north and south side
gables and 1st floor at front gables), rendered infill. Ground-floor walling
is red brick (Flemish bond) with brick cills and a high plinth. Wooden case-
ments. Large central gabled porch with arch-braced heavy timber-frame, on a
brick base: 2 porches set in angles, with hipped roof, heavy frame with balusters
on a brick wall; the porch in the south side gable is set within the wall, but
is heavily framed.

Listing NGR: SP7188751446

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384598

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas