Description

SD 85 SE HORTON HORTON VILLAGE (west side)

2/85 Horton House
16-11-1954
GV II

House, mid C18th. Squared sandstone rubble with stone slate roof.
Double-pile plan with end chimneys. A symmetrical composition of 2
storeys with attics and 3 bays. Facade has chamfered quoins, moulded
string, and moulded stone cornice. The windows now have plain reveals
and lintels of punched stone. They are imitation sashes with glazing
bars. The door architrave has been repaired with modern stone. The
gables have copings, the front kneelers having ball finials. At the
rear are some original windows with plain stone surrounds and square
mullions: one of 2 lights, 2 cross windows, and a 6-light mullioned and
transomed window. Interior. The left-hand rear room has a wide
chamfered fireplace with segmental arched head. The right-hand front
room has a plaster cornice remaining. A number of the doors on the
ground and 1st floors are of oak with raised and fielded panels. The
stairs have a closed string, moulded handrail, and some slim turned
balusters remaining.

Listing NGR: SD8557250265

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458206

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (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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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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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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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)