1789 - Woodbine Cottage - Harlaxton, Lincolnshire
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N 52° 53.045 W 000° 41.244
30U E 655603 N 5861880
Woodbine Cottage, a former estate cottage, now a house, on Church Street, Harlaxton, built 1789.
Waymark Code: WM109XJ
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/29/2019
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Woodbine Cottage, a former estate cottage, now a house, on Church Street, Harlaxton, built 1789.
"Estate cottage, now a house, and attached wall and steps. Mid C18, altered 1789, and remodelled c1820-1840. Coursed squared stone with red brick front and ashlar dressings, and pantile roof. 2 gable stacks with brick bases and square ashlar coped double flues, the right one external with supporting ashlar buttresses. Ashlar plinth, dentillated brick eaves, coped gables. 2 storeys; 2 window range. Windows have stone surrounds, chamfered mullions and cornices. Two 2-light windows. Central 4-centred arched ashlar doorcase with plank door and ornamental hinges, linked on the left to a 4-light window, under a common cornice. 3 ashlar steps to the door. To right, a 2-light window with a blank shield incorporated above. All the windows have diamond pane glazing. At the right end, a short ashlar wall with a gateway and steps behind it. This building is one of those built or altered c1790-1820 by George de Ligne Gregory and remodelled in a picturesque style c1820-1840 by Gregory Gregory."
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