Description

SW 73 SW MABE

2/65 Goose house at SW74553253
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GV II

Goose house, possibly ash-house, or possibly a dog's kennel or even a larder.
Probably C18 or early C19. Granite rubble and some partly dressed granite.
Quadrant-on-plan chamber, probably reduced from a semi-circular-on-plan chamber but
later infilled on the left hand-side. About 1 metre deep. Roofed with granite
lintels.
Small narrow doorway faces east and has holes for 2 pintail hinges in the right-hand
jambstone and a single hole, for fastening a door, in the left-hand jambstone. The
door is missing.
One of 2 similar structures in front of a house which it is said was used as a
buttery. These chambers may have been for butter storage.

Listing NGR: SW7455532532

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655030

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)