Description

1. EAST STREET
1732 (South Side)
The Port Reeve's House
TQ 5946 NW 3/50 8.5.50.

II*

2.
Good example of a C15 timber-framed house (restored after war damage).
It is built on a raised bank fronted along the pavement with sandstone.
2 storeys and attic. 4 windows. Plaster infilling. The first floor
over-hangs on a moulded bressummer and brackets. 2 wide curved braces on
first floor. 1 gable above over-hanging on moulded bressummer and brackets
with moulded bargeboards and attic window. Also small gabled dormer to
the west. Tiled roof. On the ground and first floors beneath the gable are
oriel windows projecting on brackets and containing 5 lights each with
wooden mullions and transom. Small window of 2 lights on either side of
these oriel windows. Other windows modern. At the east end a massive
chimney breast of red brick and sandstone with brick stack. Smaller wholly
brick chimney at the west end.

Listing NGR: TQ5917046610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546742

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)