Description

NEWBURGH

SD4810 COBB'S BROW LANE
663-1/6/105 (South East side)
11/05/53 No.5
Moorcroft House

GV II

House, now flats. Dated 1741 on rainwater head; altered and
internally remodelled.
Handmade red brick in Flemish bond, with some sandstone
dressings and slate roof.
Two storeys and attics, 3 windows, symmetrical; with a low
plinth of sandstone rubble and a large moulded gutter cornice.
The doorway, up one semicircular step, has a moulded
architrave, a door of 8 fielded panels with an overlight of 4
shouldered panes, and a large semicircular canopy carried on
very elaborate carved console brackets.
The 2 windows at ground floor and the 3 above are all unhorned
12-pane sashes with exposed boxes, and have flat-arched heads
of gauged brick with keystones; and those to the left of the
doorway each have one pane opening as a casement.
To the right of the doorway is a downspout which has a large
rainwater head with raised lettering:
O
R C
1741
Gable chimneys, corbelled out. Attic windows in gable walls.
Right-hand gable wall mostly covered by attached former barn.
rear: segmental-headed openings, mostly altered. Forms group
with Nos 1 and 3 to the left (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD4838710204

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515374

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)