Description

SK 44 NE EASTWOOD VICTORIA STREET
(west side)

2/15 No.8A
27.7.72
G.V. II

House and adjoining workshop, now D. H. Lawrence Birthplace
Museum. c.1875. Brick with slate roof. Dentillated eaves.
Single gable stack. 2 storeys plus garrets, 3 bays. Single
range. Windows are mainly margin light sashes. Street front has
to left, plain gated carriage opening. To right, shop window
with plain surround and hood. To right again, door with
overlight. Above, 3 sashes. South gable has door with segmental
head. Above, sash to garrets. Rear has to left, 2 sashes on
each floor, 3 of them with segmental heads. To right, beyond
carriage opening, a sash and a door. Above to left, a blocked
opening and a sash. Interior has fittings and furnishings
appropriate to the late C19. Kitchen has plain ashlar fireplace
containing working range. Stone sink. Gas lighting. This
building is the birthplace of the author, D. H. Lawrence.

Listing NGR: SK4658147029

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554585

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)