Description

THORPE BY WATER
SP 89 NE
4/146
10.11.55 No 2 (formerly
listed as Rosebery
Cottage).
GV II

House. Dated IM 1654 on tablet re-set in left dormer. Another tablet in right
dormer, dated GHC 1984, records refurbishing of building. Coursed limestone
rubble, C20 reconstituted stone slate roof on raised eaves, coped gables with
ashlar chimneys. Right chimney rebuilt C20; left chimney has moulded cornices to
base and shaft. One storey and attic, 2 bays. Ground floor has original 3-light
windows with ovolo-moulded stone mullions and casement cornices. Attic has C20
gabled eaves-line dormers with paired wooden casements. Central C20 door with
wooden lintel. Left gable has semi-circular domed oven projection and C20
casement in blocked doorway with wooden lintel. Shallow C20 rear extension with
wide gable.

Listing NGR: SP8928896495

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530246

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]