Description

ST 76 SE CLAVERTON

7/37 Tower House and Farleigh Cottage

G.V. II

Pair of cottages possibly estate cottages or almshouses. Mid - late C19.
Coursed rubble with freestone dressings; decorative tiled roofs. The dominant
feature is the tower at the north end: 3 stages with a pyramidal roof and ashlar
quoins; plain string courses divide the stages, the upper one rests on square
corbels; single light windows to lower stages, that on the second floor has a
cusped ogee head, and tripartite window to top stage but the outer parts are
blank. To the south is the main part of the cottages: a single storey and
attics in 3 steep and narrow stone dormers with fleur-de-lys finials; ashlar
stacks with cornice; the roof continues over the eaves and is supported on
5 chamfered stone piers; single and 2-light casement windows and 2 plank doors;
single bay C20 extension at right.

Listing NGR: ST7886763908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576938

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)