64, New Road

FIRBECK NEW ROAD SK58NE (east side) 3/18 No 64 29.7.66 (formerly listed as No 66, No 64)

GV II

2 cottages now one. Dated 1876. For the St. Leger estate of Park Hill. Snecked, dressed limestone; interlocking pantile roof. L-shaped plan in Cottage Orne style; later additions to rear. Roadside front: 1 storey with attics; 2 : 1 bays, gabled bay on right breaks forward. quoins. Chamfered mullioned windows with casements having lozenge-shaped panels and diagonal glazing bars in the corners. Doorway between bays 1 and 2 has panelled door in double-chamfered surround under bracketed, catslide-roofed canopy; 3-light window on left, 2-light window on right; 2-light roof dormers with timbered gables. Gabled bay 3 has single-light windows flanking a recessed date plaque with St. Leger initials; 3-light attic window beneath timbered upper gable. Roof has 1/2-hipped left end with stack having ashlar band and coping linked by strips; matching ridge stack at junction with bay 3. Right return: 3 bays as front. Bay 2 has 2-light window, replacing doorway, under canopy; gabled full-dormer on right, matching end stack on right. Style matches No 79 situated opposite (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK5598388256