Description

SD 74 NE SAWLEY

SD 776 463

3/146

Abbey Cottage

GV II

House, with late medieval remains. Rubble with roof of imitation stone
slates. 2 storeys. The north wall has 4 windows on each of 2 floors,
irregularly spaced and with plain reveals. The south wall has an outshut
and a projecting chimney stack at its left-hand end. A single-storey
gabled porch further right is a mid C20th replacement of a stair outshut.
To its left is one window, to its right 2. On the 1st floor are 2 windows.
All have plain reveals. The east gable is a mid C20th reconstruction,
with a chimney stack and with a window on each floor with chamfered
surround and Tudor-arched head. The west gable has a window with
chamfered surround and a central mullion, reconstructed. On the 1st floor
is a 3-light double hollow-chamfered mullioned window with round heads
to the lights and with a hood. Said to be a post-Reformation conversion
of part of the Abbot's House of Sawley Abbey (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD7761246391

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458842

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas