Numbers 24 And 26 And Range Adjoining To North

SE 8000-8100 OWSTON FERRY STATION ROAD (west side, off)

21/146 Nos 24 and 26 and range adjoining to north

GV II

Wrongly marked as Nos 14-18 on Ordnance Survey map. Houses and former storehouses. Main south range (Nos 24-26) probably mid-late C18 with earlier origins to lower section; north range of C18 origins, altered in C19. South range has rubble walls encased in brick in Flemish bond to first 2 storeys, with brick upper storeys in English garden wall bond; north range of brick. Pantile roofs throughout . Plan: double-depth south range with 3-room east front, 3- or 4-room north range, adjoining barn (qv). Forms west side of courtyard to north of Owston Hall (qv). South range: 4 storeys, 6 bays. C20 part-glazed doors to bays 2, 3 and 5, and three 12- pane sliding sashes, all beneath segmental stretcher arches to central bay of each house. Smaller first-floor sliding sashes, 4 with 12 panes, and 2 with plain C20 glazing, beneath similar arches. Two 6-pane second-floor windows beneath segmental header arches. Small 2-pane third-floor window with lintel at eaves level. Stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice. Tumbled-in brick to raised gables. Ridge stack to right, truncated end stack to left. Left gable end has single blocked segmental-arched windows to first, second and top floors; similar blocked top-floor window to right gable end. Adjoining range to right: 2 storeys, 5 first-floor openings. Pair of board doors and 2-light sliding sash to left, panelled door to right flanked by a 4-pane hung sash with sill, and similar dummy window to right, all beneath segmental arches. First floor: board door with small 6-pane window, blocked window, small 4-pane sliding sash to left; pair of 12-pane hung sashes and single 4-pane sash in similar surround to right with lintels at eaves level. Stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice. Ridge stack, end stack to right. Rear: south range has 3 segmental-headed windows (2 blocked) to ground floor, pair of small windows to first floor, single segmental-headed window to second floor, C20 outshut to right; north range has segmental-headed door to right, and inserted window in former similar door, 4-pane sliding sash and 12-pane hung sash to left. Interior. Roof to south range has pegged double collars. Access to upper 2 floors of south range is through north range. Possibly used in connection with the hemp and flax manufacturing industry which flourished here in the C18 and early C19.

Listing NGR: SE8073700166