Description

LOWESTOFT

TM59SW DELL COURT
914-1/3/5 No.67
02/11/87 Dell Court House including garden
wall to NE
(Formerly Listed as:
DELL ROAD WEST
No.67)

II

Formerly known as: No.67 Dell Court DELL ROAD.
Farmhouse. Mid C17, re-built C18 (dated 1775). Red brick laid
in Flemish bond with burnt headers. Roof of black-glazed
pantiles to the main (east) front, otherwise red pantiles.
2 storeys and dormer attic. 4 irregular bays, irregular
because the C17 disposition of rooms was retained inside. A
square C20 brick porch is set to the extreme right, and a
second entrance is in the second bay (from the left): C20
half-glazed door under a segmental arch. The fenestration is
of late C19 3-light cross casements with leaded glazing and
metal opening leafs, those to the ground floor under segmental
arches. The second bay first-floor casement has only 2 lights.
Dentil eaves cornice. Over the left-hand door is the exposed
end of a tie beam inscribed GSE 1775. Gabled roof with a
central gabled dormer lit through a 2-light leaded casement.
External south stack. Ridge stack right of centre. The south
gable is rendered, the north has some tumbling. The rear also
has a dentil eaves cornice. The ground floor is mostly
obscured by a C19 single-storey outshut to the right and a
gabled extension running west from the north end.
The outshut has a central C20 glazed door flanked by a 2-light
metal casement left and a 3-light cross casement right.
Against the outshut's south end is a lean-to C20 conservatory.
The main wall of the house is lit through two 2-light
casements at the first floor. Two gabled dormers and a stack
emerging through the roof to the left. The C18 gabled
extension was free-standing when built. One storey and dormer
attic. C20 brick steps lead up to a plank door under a
prominent through-eaves gable. A single-light C19 casement is
set to the left, and a 4-light casement to the right, also
C19. In the angle with the house is a C20 glazed door. The
north side has a full-length outshut with mixed C19 and C20
casements which runs flush to the porch outshut constructed
against the north gable wall of the main house.
INTERIOR. Although the house is now mainly late C20 in
character, some details remain. There is a plain bridging beam
in the kitchen (at the north end) and a C17 three-plank door
leading from this into the scullery. In the north-west corner
is a dairy with its bench over arches. The centre room has
chamfered bridging beams with tongue stops and a re-built
fireplace under plain panelling. Right and left are cupboards
with butterfly hinges. The staircase hall is next south, the
stairs themselves being early C20. A heavy wall plate
separates this from the final south room. The roof sturucture
is only visible to the north end: C19 rafters and through
purlins.
The INTERIOR of the gabled outbuilding shows a timber-framed
east wall stopping short of the present house. The roof is of
principals, 2 tiers of staggered butt purlins and collars. A
late C18 brick wall of random bond and patches of flint runs
east of the north-east corner of the main house to terminate
in gate piers. It has rounded coping bricks.

Listing NGR: TM5241692206

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503978

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)