Description

PAINSWICK PARADISE, A46
SO 81 SE
(east side, off)
2/268 Hillman's Cottage
II
Detached house. C18 or earlier, raised in C19. Coursed squared limestone,
stone slate roof. A squat L-plan block with re-entrant infilled to make a
square plan, gabled to outer ends, hipped on south-east corner. Four storeys, 2
windows; ground floor has a 3-light casement and a C20 door, first floor two
3-light; second floor two 2-light. All casements recessed chamfer mullion with
stopped hoods, except second floor right without hood. Two 2-light gabled
dormers. Return, left has 2-light without hood, 3-light with and a C20 door and
single light under one hood; this wall has a large raking buttress, also a
further buttress set diagonally at the corner. Back of building, which is set
across a steep slope has two 2-light casements without hoods at first floor, and
a C20 door, low left. Interior much modified.

Listing NGR: SO8687311353

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383258

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)