Description

LARTINGTON LARTINGTON LANE
NZ 0117
(North side)
The Thatch and
31/97
Smithy Cottage
II
Smithy Cottage shown on O.S. map as the Post Office. House and attached cottage.
Early C18 house altered in late C19; C19 cottage. Coursed sandstone rubble;
house has graduated green slate roof and stone stacks; cottage has stone-flagged
roof and brick stack. The Thatch occupies 3 left bays; Smithy Cottage occupies
right bay of house and cottage to right.

2-storey, 4-bay house with alternating quoins. Partly-glazed 4-panel door, in
flush surround, in bay 2. Similar door at junction to right. Openings, altered
in late C19, have replaced 4-pane sashes. Blocked first-floor window between
bays 3 and 4. Raised eaves. Steeply-pitched roof with slightly-swept eaves.
Rebuilt end and ridge stacks with top bands.

Lower 2-storey, one-bay cottage has replaced 4-pane sashes, low-pitched roof and
right end stack.

2 linked outshuts, on rear of house, have replaced windows and low-pitched pent
roofs.

Listing NGR: NZ0196217760

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454175

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