Description

SO 81 SE CRANHAM OVERTOWN

1/154 Old Overtown Cottage

GV II

Part formerly stable, now detached house and outbuildng. Late C17,
part possibly C18 altered to house in C20. Random rubble
limestone; ashlar chimney; corrugated asbestos roof. Two-storey
with attic; single-storey wing at south west end forms L-plan.
South west end: front of original house, now used as outbuilding
and reduced to single-storey. Central doorway with stone lintel
and hoodmould. Flanking 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned
casements with hoodmoulds. Roof hipped to left corner. Gable to
south east end of wing, 2-light chamfered mullioned attic casement
being later insertion. Mixed fenestration to main part of building,
single and 2-light mullioned casements. Two small upper floor
chamfered openings on south east side may have been loft holes.
Single-window fenestration to north east gable end, 2-light with
hoodmould to ground and upper floor, oval window to attic. Forms
part of group with Old Overtown House (q.v.) to south west.

Listing NGR: SO8994712139

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26624568

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)