Description

LONGFRAMLINGTON LOW TOWN
NU 10 SW
5/155 Northern Farmhouse
at Low Town
II

House, dated 1750 with initials WAE (William and Elizabeth Alder) over door.
Front squared stone, other elevations roughly-squared stone; Welsh slate roof
except for stone slate, patched with pantiles and asbestos sheets, on rear
slope of main part; one stack rebuilt in white brick.

Main part 2 storeys, 2 + 1 + 2 bays, symmetrical. Chamfered plinth. Central
flush-panelled door with plain overlight; windows all sashes with 2-pane upper
and plain lower leaves, except for plain sash above door. Coped gables on
moulded kneelers; stepped-and-banded end stacks. Returns each show blocked
attic window. 1-storey 2-bay part to right shows vertical-panelled door at
far left, inserted C20 casement and sash, lost glazing bars; rebuilt right end
stack. Rear elevation shows contemporary outshut under steep catslide roof,
with two 4-pane sashes.

Formerly a coaching inn when the lane through Low Town was part of the main
Newcastle to Cornhill road.

Listing NGR: NU1389100170

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448313

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northumberland (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)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)