1703 - Bow Beams, Main Street - Queniborough, Leicestershire
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N 52° 42.137 W 001° 02.373
30U E 632462 N 5840956
A house dated 1703 on Main Street, Queniborough.
Waymark Code: WMQVVG
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/02/2016
Views: 1
This house on Main Street, Queniborough, although having been whitewashed, has had the bricks that showed the construction date highlighted in black.
"House. Dated 1703. Brick on cobble and moulded brick plinth, with Welsh slate roof. Narrow gable on to street. 3 storeys, a single bay. Doorway to left and renewed window to right: the cambered head of the former opening visible above. 2 first floor windows and 1 attic window are also renewed beneath deep flat arched brick heads. Sill bands. Date in blue bricks below first floor windows. Overhanging eaves. Earlier bay to left is partially timber framed and has one post and archbrace beneath a tie or former wall plate, heightened above with brick. Blank recess to right, and cart entry through to rear, probably renewed. Welsh slate roof. Possibly formerly part of No. 79."
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