Description

SE31NW CRIGGLESTONE SLACK LANE
(north side),
Newmillerdam

2/17 Nos 70 and 72

II

House, now forms 2 dwellings. Initialled and dated " N " (the Norton family).
S A
1683
Hammer-dressed stone, stone slate roof (tarred). 2 storeys. 2-cell plan with
direct-entry into 1st cell, double-depth. Quoins. 1st cell has Tudor-arched
doorway with composite jambs and chamfered surround to left of 4-light double-
chamfered mullioned window with almost-square reveals (2 mullions removed)
both under continuous cyma-moulded dripcourse. Former 2-light window above and
to each floor of 2nd cell which has inserted doorway and dripcourse to ground-
floor window. Coped gables with kneelers. External stack to left gable,
another stack set in front pitch of 2nd cell.

Interior: stop-chamfered spine beams. Rear room of 1st cell has datestone,
probably part of lintel of fireplace.

Built by the Nortons as the Dower House to Kettlethorpe Hall.
RCHM (England) report.

Listing NGR: SE3292616054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26495704

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]