Description

BRANCEPETH DURHAM ROAD
NZ 23 NW
(South side)
5/5 Inset Nos. 3 and 4
16/6/86
II

Pair of Estate Cottages. Mid C19 for Brancepeth Estate. Squared sandstone in
narrow courses with ashlar dressings. Fishscale Welsh slate roof. Dressed
stone chimney stacks. Tudor style. One storey plus attic. Each cottage 2
bays, No. 3 at left. Chamfered plinth and flush quoins. End vertical-panelled
doors, with narrow overlights, in chamfered surrounds under hoodmoulds.
Stone-mullioned windows. No. 3 has wide projecting gabled right bay with
canted bay window under hipped roof on ground floor and 2-light window under
hoodmould above. No. 4 has square bay window of 3 lights under hipped roof
on ground floor and gabled dormer with 2-light window under hoodmould. Stone
eaves brackets. Steeply-pitched roof with coped gables and shaped kneelers.
Central transverse chimney with cornice and 3 diagonal stacks. Nos. 3 and 4
form a symmetrical pair with Nos. 1 and 2 (q.v.).

Listing NGR: NZ2225938030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608941

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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