Description

SK 88 NW LEA GAINSBOROUGH ROAD
(west side)

1/22 Mellow Cottage and
Old Post Cottage

G.V. II

House, now 2 cottages. Early C18, C19, C20. Red brick. Pantile
roofs with shaped west gable, coped gables with kneelers, gable
stack, 2 ridge stacks and gable stack to rear. L-plan, adapted
to F-plan in C20. 2 storey, 5 irregular bay north front with
plinth, first floor band and decorated eaves. Doorway to left in
brick gabled porch with segmental head and plank door. 3 light
sliding sash to left with segmental head, 2 three light sliding
sashes to right, that to the far right with segmental head. 5
sliding sashes with wooden lintels above. East front of 2
storeys and garret, 2 bays with plinth, first floor band and
decorated eaves. 2 large fixed glazing bar windows with
segmental heads. 2 sliding sashes above with C20 shutters. C20
extension to rear. Interior of Mellow Cottage with beamed
ceilings and inglenook fireplaces, one with chamfered beam.

Listing NGR: SK8281486606

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641724

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)