Description

THORNTHWAITE WITH PADSIDE HARPER LANE
SE 15 NE (east side)

13/158 Low House

- II

House. Dated 1769. Coursed squared gritstone, graduated stone slate roof.
2 storeys with attic and cellars beneath south end; direct-entry plan, one
room deep. Plinth and quoins. Main facade away from road, facing south-
east: central C20 panelled door in projecting keyed surround. Flanking it
on each floor are 3-light flat-faced mullion windows, mullions recessed,
each with one mullion removed, and projecting sill bands. Stone plaque in
stone surround first floor centre, has inscription ' B '. Shaped stone
J M
1769
gutter brackets, shaped kneeler, gable coping, end stacks. Right return:
attic storey lit by Venetian window. Interior: a stone newel stair built
into the centre of the rear wall. Cellar contains a covered well under the
stone stairs. Roof structure: 3 raised cruck trusses with through purlins
and collar supporting king post and ridge purlin.

Listing NGR: SE1652759527

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543627

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)