Description

ELLAND ELLAND LANE
SE 117213 (north side)

2/31 Nos. 55 and 57
(formerly listed as
17.10.75 Old Earth Farmhouse)

II

House, dated 1700 with stone walls (rendered), stone slate roof, coped gables
with kneelers and finials. 2 storeys. It had a linear plan of 3 cells with an
outshut at the rear. The south front is rendered. The fenestration survives
virtually intact. All windows have recessed, splayed mullions with square
reveals. The central hall window is of 6 lights and is flanked by windows of
5 lights with the same at first floor level. A square section hoodmould runs
over the ground floor windows and rises to include the lintel of the main
doorway. The doorway has chamfered jambs and a four-centred head, and the
lintel has a decorative panel with the initials TB and the date 1700 enclosed
within an oval. The door opens into the housebody at the opposite end to the
fireplace which has a four-centred head and a chamfered surround. The parlour
is at the west end approached through the housebody. The eastern room has a
fireplace on the gable wall contained within an extruded stack. At the rear of
the house is an outshut now garages. Rear appears to be rebuilt mid C20.

Listing NGR: SE1169521302

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26427148

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)