Description

HARLAXTON SK8832 CHURCH STREET 1315-0/14/139 (South East side) 24/09/79 Nos.7 AND 9 The Lilacs (No.7) and The Old Post Office (No.9) (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH STREET Lilac and adjoining cottage to SW) GV II

2 houses. c1770, remodelled 1790, with mid and late C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Coursed squared stone with brick front, ashlar dressings and pantile roof. Single gable and 2 ridge brick stacks. Dentillated eaves. 2 storeys; 4 window range. Windows have ashlar surrounds, those to the ground floor with cornices. To left, two C20 glazing bar casements on each floor. To right, two 2-light casements with cast-iron lattice glazing bars and chamfered stone mullions. These windows are slightly larger. Single bay brick addition to right, with a C19 3-light segment headed window to the right return. This building is probably one of those built or altered c1790-1820 by George de Ligne Gregory, Lord of the Manor of Harlaxton. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1964-1989: 362-362; Rowlands G: Harlaxton Manor: Harlaxton: 1984-: 20-29).

Listing NGR: SK8837432593

External Links

• Wikidata Q26529534

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)