Description

MIDDLETON TOWER END TF 61NE (east side) 5/65 The Cottage G.V. II

Estate house, dated 1861, carstone rubble with brick dressings, decorative tiles. Irregular plan with forward and side wings; 2 storeys. Brick plinth, chamfered brick surrounds, skewback arches to windows, sawtooth brick cornice, shaped brick kneelers, gable parapets. Forward gabled wing to centre having brick tumbling-in, axial stack with 4 octagonal shafts of red brick with moulded decoration of fleur de lys, thistle, rose, and flowers; ground floor with bay windows, sawtooth cornice to polygonal roof with decorative tiles; first floor with central 2-light casement, slit to attic. Lower one bay wing to left with single casement light to each of ground and first floor. Short single bay 2 storeyed wing to right having Gothick doorway to left with boarded door and decoratiave strap hinges; raking canopy in angle with fretwork verge supported by wooden post; single light casement to first floor. Drainheads in angles of wings with Jarvis crest and date 1861. Included for group value and as unaltered example of mid C19 estate house.

Listing NGR: TF6676117394

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)