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Shingle House — Main Street

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Shingle House — Main Street
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Detached five-bay three-storey over part-raised basement house, c.1750, on a symmetrical plan retaining early aspect with round-headed door opening to centre approached by flight of steps and two-bay single-storey return to rear to south. Gable-ended roof behind parapet wall with slate (gable-ended to return). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed cut-limestone wall to front (north) elevation. Cut-stone dressings including quoins to corners and coping to parapet wall. Roughcast walls to remainder. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 3/3 and 6/6 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Round-headed door opening approached by flight of eight cut-stone steps having iron railings. Cut-stone Gibbsian doorcase. Timber panelled door. Spoked fanlight. Set back from line of road. Sections of wrought iron railings to basement. Tarmacadam footpath to front.

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