Description

SK 15 SW ILAM C.P. ILAM

8/98 Dove Cottage and
- Manifold Cottage

G.V. II

Pair of cottages. c1855. By George Gilbert Scott. Coursed and
squared limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; shaped and
hung clay tiles to attic storey; shaped clay tile roof with plain tile
bands; ashlar ridge stacks. Vernacular revival and Swiss chalet style;
pair of 2-room cottages forming a T-shape plan. 1 storey and attic;
Dove Cottage to right, projecting gable end of Manifold Cottage to left;
Dove Cottage: 1:1:1 windows; central 1½ storey porch with rustic and
painted barge boards; ground floor has 2-light chamfered mullioned
windows with chamfered surrounds containing casements; the 3 gabled
dormer windows are single light casements; the central one has a
bracketed sill, the two outer ones shaped and painted barge boards;
central convex shoulder headed doorway. Gable end to right has a 3-
light ground floor bay window with casements. Manifold Cottage: central
3-light ground floor bay window containing casements, with 3-sided roof;
shaped barge boards. Return wall has one single light casement to ground
floor and a gabled dormer with shaped and painted barge boards. An
essential element of the picturesque estate village rebuilt by Scott in
the 1850's.

Listing NGR: SK1348850897

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655435

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)