Description

ACOMB THE HERMITAGE
NY 9365
20/32 Garden Cottage with
adjacent outbuilding
to east

GV II

House, early C18 with early C19 outbuilding and rear outshut. Coursed roughly-
squared stone with roughly-cut quoins and tooled lintels; stone slate roof,
except for Welsh slates on outshut. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Central 4-panel door in
chamfered block surround, behind C20 wooden porch. Flanking 12-pane windows.
Sundial dated 1793 above door. 6-pane sash windows to 1st floor. Coped gables
with moulded kneelers; stepped end stacks with moulded cornices. Lower 1-bay
outbuilding to right has central half-glazed door flanked by renewed 12-pane
sashes. Rear elevation 3 boarded doors in chamfered alternating-block surrounds,
with 6-pane sashes to right and left, the latter with old bars.

Interior largely original: panelled shutters, 2-panel doors with L hinges,
closed-string dog-leg stair (partly boxed-in) with splat balusters.

Listing NGR: NY9374765140

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447080

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)