Description

PRESTON ON STOUR

SP2040 Nos.5 AND 6
1912-1/12/115
25/07/94

GV II

Pair of estate cottages. 1852-6. For James Roberts West.
Brick; fishscale tile roof with enriched cresting and brick
cross-axial stack with diagonal shafts to front and back.
L-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2-window range; gable breaks forward to
left of centre. Wide eaves and verges with chamfered brick
cornice and gables. Segmental-headed entrance to each end has
plank door with enriched strap hinges and labelmould.
Segmental-headed windows to ground floor have brick sills, and
labelmoulds over 3-light casements with cast-iron lattice
glazing; 1st floor has windows with 2-light casements, that to
right in gabled half-dormer.
Returns have single lights to ground floor and 2-light
casement windows to 1st floor. Rear has 2 gables.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Built as part of a model estate village and with 3 other pairs
forming a symmetrical composition.
(Darley G: Villages of Vision: London: 1975-: 298).

Listing NGR: SP2040449877

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662653

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