Description

LATHOM

SD40NW LADY ALICE'S DRIVE
663-1/4/72 (South side)
Wash-house building approx. 3m SE of
Needless Inn Farmhouse

GV II

Wash-house building with integral privy and store. Probably
later C18 or early C19; slightly altered. Handmade brick in
English garden wall bond (3+1), stone slate roof. Square plan
on east-west axis, partitioned one third from east end, with
privy and store to rear of this partition. Single storey with
a gabled front wall which has a doorway to the left and
2-light sliding sash window next to this under linked lintels,
and a smaller 2-light sliding sash window to the right, with
glazing bars. Four-flue ridge chimney stack rising from
internal partition. The south side has a doorway in the centre
and another at the right-hand end (to the privy); the rear has
a doorway to the store (now covered by shed roof). INTERIOR:
contains cast-iron pump drawing water from well in yard; and a
large rectangular fireplace flanked by washing boilers.
Unusually complete and intact example of its type.

Listing NGR: SD4455509616

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491166

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990