Description

NEWBY
NY 51 NE

4/56 Towcett House with
adjoining cottage
6.2.68 and barn

II

House extended into cottage and barn. 1848 date, with Gothic letter initials
M.B., on shield to underside of porch roof; cottage and barn possibly earlier.
House incised stucco with rusticated quoins, cottage pebble-dashed, barn
slobbered rubble. Graduated slate roofs. 2 storeys, cottage and barn adjoining
to right, lower than house. 10 bays (3:2:5) overall. Symmetrical 3-bay house:
Central Tuscan porch in antis with panelled door in architrave; 16-pane sash to
either side and 3 above. 2-bay cottage set back: Part-blocked door, with
inserted window to left, casement to right and 2 Yorkshire sashes above;
extended one bay into barn with part-glazed door and sash above. Remainder of
barn has segment-headed wagon door and blocked door to left; sash to each floor
between. House and cottage have stone copings and kneelers to roofs with brick
end chimneys.

Listing NGR: NY5737418543

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26612188

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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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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]