Description
W T Oldrieve. Dated 1908. 2-storey villa-type observatory
residences. Arts and Crafts movement, with complex (slate) roofs,
some battered walls, gabled bays with skews run horizontally
above angles. Roughly-coursed and squared whinstone with
contrasting long and short dressings and segmental window arches
with contrasting voussoirs. 3-bay elevations, except at rear. Symmetrical S entrance front with canted flat-roofed porch,
window above, taller outer bays. Sash windows, mainly with
12-pane glazing. Coped stacks. North-facing 2-light stone-built
dormer, louvred apices of main roofs rise above.
Outbuildings (to N) principally 2 detached blocks in similar
style;
BLOCK NEAREST E: single storey; west-facing with coach-house in
gabled right bay with loft door above, dovecote below eaves on S
return.
BLOCK NEAREST N: plainer, 2 storeys with square-headed 1st floor windows; converted for residential use, with modern glazing.
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Recommended Books
[(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)