Description

SHOTLEY LOW QUARTER CROOKED OAK
NZ 04 NE NZ 055497

21/252 Crooked Oak
Farmhouse.

II

House, dated 1684 with initials TRI (Thomas Richardson and wife) on
door surround. Rubble with cut dressings; stone slate roof, brick
stacks. 2 storeys, 2 wide bays. Central boarded door in lugged
architrave with pulvinated frieze and moulded cornice; flanking
4-light chamfered mullioned windows with similar 2-light windows
above, most mullions missing. On far left blocked door with small
oval window (blocked) in monolithic surround inserted. Coped gables
with end stacks rebuilt on old bases. Pent outshut to right has
boarded door with boarded opening above. Outbuilding to left with
asbestos roof, not of interest. Rear elevation: blocked opening with
timber lintel above later outshut, probably to former stair wing.

Interior: Parlour fireplace with elaborate moulded surround inscribed
JR 1717.

Listing NGR: NZ0547549725

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651539

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Care and Repair