Angel House

SO 4461 KINGSLAND CP LONGFORD (north side)

13/40 Angel House

11.6.59

GV II

House. Early C17, extended late C17, refronted late C18, with some mid- C20 restoration. Timber-frame with painted brick and rendered infill on rubble base, refronted in brick, with tile roof. T-plan, cross-wing aligned east/west, rear wing extending to north extended in late C17. Main stack between two bays of original rear wing. South front: two storeys, three windows, all 3-light casements with leaded rectangular quarries and timber sills. The two similar casements on ground floor have rubbed brick heads. The central entrance approached by four stone steps has a broken pediment supported on scrolled wooden brackets. Two-leaf door of four panels with narrow overlight. Framing: four square panels high, both gables of cross-wing jettied with chamfered bressummer on simple curved brackets. Straight angle braces to tie-beam, the truss with five struts to collar and V-struts in apex. Rear wing also four square panels high, the late C17 addition, three square panels high. Interior: exposed chamfered and stopped ceiling beams. In a fireplace of main stack there is a re-used C14 moulded stone. (RCHM, 3, p 84, no 19).

Listing NGR: SO4471061428