Description

CONISTON B5285
SD 39 NW
(North-west side)
5/93 High Waterhead
25.3.70 Cottage, Boon Crag
Cottage and High
Waterhead

GV II

3 houses. C17 or early C18. Roughcast with slate roofs. 2 storeys, 8 bays,
1st 3 bays lower and end 2 bays under gable forming return to High Waterhead.
Most windows have casements; that to 3rd bay of ground floor has small-paned
fixed glazing; 4th bay has fire window to left of sashed window with vertical
glazing bars, 6th bay of ground floor and 4th, 5th, 6th bays of 1st floor have
sashed windows with vertical glazing bars. Entrances have gabled canopies, that
to 5th bay (Boon Crag Cottage) has 4-panel door. Right return of 2 bays has
casement windows and central entrance with gabled slate canopy. Gable-end
stacks, that to left is rounded. Lean-to outshut and wing under cat slide roof
to rear. Interior said to have upper cruck trusses; Boon Crag Cottage has
panelled partition with 2-panel doors and corbelled stone fireplace, keystone
with carved vase of flowers. Property of The National Trust, the gift of
Beatrix Potter.

Listing NGR: SD3162898274

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610767

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)