Description

ELTON CP
ELTON

SO 47 SE
4/34

Holly Tree Cottage

GV
II

House. Circa 1600 with mid-C19 and mid-C20 alterations. Timber-framed
with rendered infill on rubble base and plain tiled roofs. Two framed bays
aligned roughly east/west; large external chimney with rebuilt detached
brick stack at west end enclosed by lean-to timber-framed service bay with
main entrance forming baffle-entry plan. Single storey and attic with rear
dormer. Framing: main part has three rows of square panels from sill to
wall-plate. Collar and tie-beam roof truss partly exposed at west end.
North,front elevation: main part has a ground floor 2-light window. Adjoining
the east bay is a lean-to addition with a catslide roof, a 2-light C20
casement in its north side and a ledged and battened door in its west side.
There is a single-light C20 casement in the service bay and also the main
entrance which has a ledged and battened door and a transom light with a
central glazing bar. There is a C20 gabled dormer with a 2-light casement
in the rear south elevation and also another lean-to addition with a catslide
roof adjoining the east bay.

Listing NGR: SO4563670859

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26357611

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)