Description

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NY 96 SW
3/105

DIPTON MILL ROAD
High Shield and High Shield Cottage

(Formerly listed as High Shield House)

2.10.51.

II*

Dated 1770 on earlier site. Three storeys. Three windows. Rubble with quoins etc, brick quoins to right. Tiled roof with tumbled brick in verges. Two brick ridge chimneys. Glazing bar sash windows except second floor which has two blank windows flanking central shuttered window. Central pedimented doorcase with six panel door. Tablet reads: "W.B." [William Bell] "1770". Gabled extension to left. Two storeys, one casement window. Lower two storey C17 wing to right (formerly three cottages). Buck dressings to south; small casement windows, former doors blocked and made into windows.

Converted and modernized.

Rear of main house: three storeys and three windows. Casements on second floor and at sides of first floor, the others glazing bar sashes. Large tripartite windows at sides on first and ground floors.

Listing NGR: NY9349362989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546718

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Recommended Books

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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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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair