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Listed building outline: Chelston Cottage And Attached Wall 390726

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Chelston Cottage And Attached Wall 390726

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.546975 50.463740,-3.547062 50.463776,-3.547107...
• entry-date: 1952-11-20
• listed-building: 1206817
• name: Chelston Cottage And Attached Wall
• notes: House. C18 with an earlier rear wing. Red sandstone rubble with some grey limestone; rear wing rendered; thatched roof, gabled at ends; thatch replaced with corrugated asbestos to rear of ridge; end stacks with rendered shafts PLAN: Rectangular on plan, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance facing the stair. Rear left service wing with end stack. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; rear wing single-storey and attic Asymmetrical 4-window front with a central Tuscan porch with a pediment; 2-leaf panelled door. 4 first and 3 ground-floor 2- and 3-light timber casements with small panes, probably C20 replacements. The 2 windows in the left-hand bay have no relieving arches and the embrasures probably post-date the others. 3 Gothick gabled attic dormers with crank-headed casement windows. Section of wall to the right contains a segmental-headed archway to the rear service yard. The rear elevation of the main block has a large 18-pane fixed stair window and retains some slate-hanging. The rear kitchen wing, with a projecting end stack, has a 3-window front, the eaves thatch eyebrowed over the first floor windows, which are glazed with small-pane C20 timber casements. INTERIOR: Not inspected but noted as having features of interest. Listing NGR: SX9028963796
• reference: 390726
• start-date: 1952-11-20