Description

RICKINGHALL INFERIOR WEST STREET (WEST SIDE)
TM 07 SW
3/133 Keeper's House
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-- II
House, former gamekeeper's lodge for West Hall (q.v.). Early C19. Clay lump
and whitewashed brick. Plaintiled roofs. An informally planned block in a
Picturesque Gothick style. 1 storey. Projecting forward to right of centre
is a canted bay with a pointed arched boarded door and flanking 2-light
glazing bar casements with Y traceried pointed arched leaded heads, semi-
octagonal hipped roof. To right 1 bay with roof swept down to low eaves at
front. To left a recessed bay with a similar Gothick window, 2 tapering
timber uprights to front; far left bay is brick built with a similar Gothick
window. Left end half hipped. Right end half hipped with an added external
stack, a similar Gothick window and a small light. An axial ridge stack where
ridge of forward canted bay meets main ridge. To rear cross range projects
further with a lean-to to rear right. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TM0257072847

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534010

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair