Listed Building: DAKIN COTTAGE AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALL (1257798)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Historic England |
Volume/Map/Item | 616-1, 2, 103 |
Date assigned | 31 January 1997 |
Date last amended |
Description
Formerly known as: Fairfield Farm, Townend. WATERSWALLOWS STREET Fairfield. Farmhouse, now house. 1683, altered late C18 with C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, with gritstone dressings, stone slate roof with coped gables, kneelers, cross finials and stone stacks. PLAN: T-plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Quoins. South garden front has 3 irregular windows. Off-centre 3-light flush mullion window with hood, to right two similar 2-light windows, to left a 4-light chamfered mullion window. Above central 4-light flush mullion window with hood flanked by similar single 2-light windows. East gable front has 2-light chamfered mullion window to right, and above central similar 3-light window. Beyond to left single storey C20 addition with stone doorway, glazing bar casement and 2 doors beyond. North gabled front has two C20 casements and above a similar casement. West front has ashlar doorway with hood supported on brackets and plank door, to left 3-light window in stone surround. Above 2 similar 2-light windows. North return front has blocked doorway to left with C20 2-light casement and 2-light casement to right, above similar 2-light window and to left a small circular opening. INTERIOR: has at first floor roof truss visible with staggered purlins, trenched into rafters. Beams to ground floor have protruding pyramidal stops. Possible original square headed fireplace survives to right-hand room. The left-hand unit reached internally through a chamfered doorway. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached crenellated garden wall, probably late C19, bears the Dakin crest (battleaxe in hand).
Listing NGR: SK0722674146
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Location
Grid reference | SK 0722 7414 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK07SE |
Civil Parish | BUXTON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Jan 18 2024 1:06PM