Arches Cottage

SD 74 NE SAWLEY

SD 776 465

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Arches Cottage

GV II

Pair of houses, possibly c.1600 with later alterations and possible earlier remains. 2 storeys. Western house has a 4-light mullioned window with inner hollow chamfer and outer casement moulding. To the right is a window with plain reveals under a wider Tudor-arched doorhead. On the 1st floor is a 3-light window with hollow-chamfered mullions and a re-used moulded head. To the right is a 2-light mullioned window of C19th type. At the right is a straight joint which suggests that the adjoining house may be older, and a single-storey gabled porch. The eastern (right-hand) house has a window with architrave at the left and one with plain stone surround at the right. On the 1st floor are 2 sashed windows with plain stone surrounds, At the left is a blocked one-light chamfered window. The door, now within the porch, has a chamfered stone surround, Left-hand gable has projecting stack. Chimney between houses has cap faced with part of embattled medieval chimney cap. Rear wall has openings with plain reveals, and, at the right-hand side on the 1st floor, a chamfered opening with segmental head, now a window.

Listing NGR: SD7762346520