Description

ST 69 NE ALKINGTON A38, Newport
(west side)

4/38 York House and York Cottage
(formerly listed as No 2 and No 1
21.10.52 Newport)

GV II

Two cottages of unequal size in one building. Late C18. Brick on
stone plinth, rendered sides, slate roof, very large brick ridge
stack to left of centre marking junction between York House to
right and York Cottage to left. Single range, 2 storeys and attic,
with parapet wall. 3 windows, 16-pane sashes with vermiculated
keystone and large voussoirs. Ground floor similar with 2 round-
headed brick arch doorcases with thin stone keystone, shallow
radial fanlight and 6-panel doors: that to York Cottage, on extreme
left, has 4 fielded panels, lower 2 flush; that to York House,
between windows 2 and 3, has 6 fielded panels. 3 cambered head
dormers with twin 6-pane casements. Rear facade has mostly C20
windows, in cambered surrounds, and large flat roofed dormer
across most of width.

Listing NGR: ST6989597602

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445666

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)