Greencroft Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. A C18 Residential.

Greencroft Cottage

WRENN ID
forgotten-steeple-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Residential
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greencroft Cottage is a house located in the grounds of the now-demolished Greencroft Hall. It has served as a dower house and a gamekeeper's house at various times and was once divided into two separate residences. The cottage has an early 18th century core, with additions and alterations made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

The exterior features pebble dash render on sandstone rubble, with tooled ashlar dressings and some visible quoins. The roof has a front slope covered with concrete tiles and a rear slope of Welsh slate, complete with stone gable copings and ashlar chimneys. The building is L-shaped, standing two storeys tall with five bays, the left bay being wider, and includes a rear left wing.

A round-headed stone surround frames the central renewed six-panel door, which is topped by a patterned fanlight. The windows have plain stone surrounds and consist of 16-pane sashes. At the rear, there is a one-storey, four-bay outshut beneath a catslide roof, featuring a door with a similar stone surround and six beaded panels, along with a 16-pane sash window that has a wedge stone lintel, a projecting stone sill, and panelled external shutters. Additionally, there is a two-light horizontal sliding sash window with glazing bars in the inner return of the two-storey, one-bay rear wing.

Inside, the cottage retains some early 18th century doors, while most doors are framed with early 19th century fluted architraves that include corner paterae.

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