Description

FIRBECK NEW ROAD
SK58NE
(north side)
3/17 No 79
29.7.66 (formerly listed as
House facing
Nos 64 and 66)

GV II

Cottage. Dated 1876. For the St. Leger estate of Park Hill. Snecked dressed
limestone, C20 tile roof. T-shaped plan, single storey with attic; in Cottage
Orne style. Chamfered ashlar window surrounds with casements having lozenge-shaped
panels and diagonal glazing bars in the corners. Entrance front: 3 bays, central
gabled porch set on rustic wooden posts has scalloped bargeboard with pendant boss;
2 single-light windows on right; 3-light corner window on left. Hipped roof with
side-facing roof dormers set under the main ridge each having bargeboards carried
on shaped brackets. Central ridge stack with ashlar band and coping linked by
strips. Left return: corner windows flank a recess with date plaque bearing
St. Leger initials; dormer has 3-light window beneath shaped and pierced bargeboards
with apex finial. Lower rear wing on left has hipped roof, gablet and ridge stack.
Style matches No 64 situated opposite (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK5600288283

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26487126

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)