Description

NORTH WRAXALL WRAXALL PARK
ST 87 NW
2/477 Keeper's Cottage

II

Gamekeeper's cottage, 1847, built for Methuen estate. Brick faced
in petrified moss with slate eaves roof and ridge stack. 2-storey
centre gabled to front and single storey wines. Picturesque cottage
style. Centre with fretted bargeboards and finial, ceramic Methuen
arms gable plaque, first floor casement pair and ground floor
canted bay with slate roof and casement windows. Side wall to west
has casement pair and to east has plank door both with grotesque
head keystone. Wings have end gables with bargeboards, finial and
pendant surviving to east gable. Casement pair to each wing on
south side with grotesque head keystone and similar window and
keystone to end walls. Rear gable of main range has bargeboard with
finials and pendant, door on east side. The unusual cladding
material is found in the brook adjacent.

Listing NGR: ST8312275817

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26478919

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)