Description

MARLBOROUGH ROAD
1.
1577
SZ 69 SW 8/108 No 14 (St John's Cottage)
No 16 (St John's Farm Lodge)

(Formely listed under
MARLBOROUGH STREET)

II

House, formerly farmhouse now subdivided. Late 16th or early 17th century
cross passage house altered in late 18th, mid 19th and 20th century. Built of
stone rubble with red brick dressings with brick chimney stacks and tiled roof
1½ storeys L-shaped. No. 14 has to front elevation 3 hipped dormers and 2
cambered casements with leaded lights. Early 19th century 6 panelled door with
top 2 panels glazed 20th century curved weather hood. South gable is of ashlar
with coping, 1 kneeler and blocked in stone mullion and one metal framed
casement. North gable has rendered gable with wattle and daub and stone rubble
below. 20th century casement window and 19th century door. The west front has
early 19th century gabled brick dormer with 16 pane sash, 1 late 19th century
gabled dormer with 2 cambered sashes without glazing bars and two 20th century
small hipped dormers. Ground floor has 20th century metal framed casement to
left, central late 19th century 3 light casement and 20th century French
window . Deep plinth. Parlour has 4 centred stone fireplace with elongated
spandrels and probable spice cupboard at side. Spine beam with 2½ inch chamfer
and lamb's tongue stops. Floor joists are chamfered. Partition wall has square
framing.4 panelled door with L hinges.

Dining room has late 16th or early 17th century moulded wooden doorcase
surround. Kitchen has 3 inch chamfered beam with no stops and concealed
fireplace, 19th century cupboard door with elaborate ventilation grille.
Bedroom over parlour has stone fireplace with wooden lintel. Another bedroom
has an early 19th century pine surround. Roof has angled queen struts and
staggered purlins. No 16 has to south front an early 17th century 3 light
ovolo moulded window, 20th century dormer and 20th century porch. North front
has 3 20th century dormers and 5 windows to ground floor including 1 casement,
1 mid 19th century sash with 6 panes and horns and 3 20th century sashes. No
16 was re-roofed in the 20th century and has 19th century doors. At the end of
the 19th century it is thought that the cook and gardener of Appley Hall lived
here.

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MARLBOROUGH ROAD
1.
1577
(West Side)
No 14 (St John's Cottage)
SZ 69 SW 8/108

II

2.
L shape C17 house. Two storeys stone rubble with red brick dressings.
Gable end old tile roofs. Four casement windows of two lights, C19.
First floor windows break through eaves as dormers. Plain cottage door.

Listing NGR: SZ6037091769

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515843

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• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets