Longford

SO 4461 KINGSLAND CP LONGFORD (south side)

13/52 Longford

GV II

House. C17, with some mid-C19 alterations, restored late C20. Timber- frame with rendered and painted brick infill and tile roof. U-plan, main range aligned east/west with subsidiary range projecting towards street (north). Main stack axially placed east of centre of main range with lobby entrance against it. North front of one storey with attic lit by casements in the gables and a framed gabled central dormer window. Ground floor has two plus four plus two windows, mostly 2-light casements, save for those flanking the entrance to left of centre which are of a single light. Entrance has a C17 boarded door. Framing: three rectangular panels high with straight angle braces. The gables each have two struts to collar and V-struts in the apex. Interior has exposed chamfered and stopped ceil- ing beams. The west fireplace of the main stack has an ogee mantel beam with C17 spit rack above. To the north of it is a recess containing a stone slab with a round lobed basin and a drain below. (RCHM, 3, p 84, no 26).

Listing NGR: SO4464561429