Description

SO 9629 GOTHERINGTON MALLESON ROAD
(south side)

15/109 Stonehouse

II

House and adjoining cottage/dovecote. Combined cottage/dovecote
probably C17; house late C18-early C19. Cottage/dovecote:
coursed squared and dressed limestone, no roof at time of resurvey
- April 1987. House: coursed squared and dressed limestone with
an ashlar front with flat-chamfered side alternate quoins;
artificial stone slate roof at front, large concrete tiles to rear.
House with gable end to road linked at opposite gable end via small
single-storey extension to cottage/dovecote. Cottage/dovecote: 2
storeys. House: 2 storeys, attic and cellar. Symmetrical 3-
window entrance front to house: two 16-pane sash windows to the
ground floor, two similar windows flanking a round-headed 16-pane
sash to the first floor. All windows with plain architraves and
keystones. Central door with 4 fielded panels and 2 flush panels
within a round-headed surround with plain architrave, imposts and
keystone; fanlight and open triangular pediment on moulded
brackets; band between floors. Three C20 two-light roof dormers
with glazing bars. Moulded stone eaves cornice; gable-end stacks
one only a stump, one with moulded capping; flat coping to gable
ends. No windows to gable end facing road or to rear. Combined
cottage and dovecote: comprising dovecote and adjoining one-up
one-down dwelling: 2-light casement with leaded panes far right to
ground floor of dovecote; plank door to later extension to left;
2-light casement with glazing bars to left; fixed casement with
glazing bars and flat-chamfered surround above. Interior of
cottage/dovecote large open fireplace with bressumer, spiral
stairs to left. Brick-lined pigeon holes from level of first
floor up on 3 sides in the adjoining room; timber-framed partition
wall with rendered infill between the two parts at first floor.
Combined cottage/dovecote in process of conversion at time of
resurvey (April 1987). Interior of house not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO9633429627

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448630

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)