Russian Cottage

PARISH OF EDENSOR CALTON LEES SK 26 NW 4/90 Russian Cottage II Cottage. 1855, a copy of a model of a Russian farm sent to the Duke of Devonshire by the Tsar. Coursed squared sandstone and timber in the form of logs laid horizontally. Steeply pitched stone slate roof with three ashlar stacks in the pitch of the roof and one ashlar ridge stack. Cruciform plan. Single storey. The north arm is of stone, the rest of logs crossing at the angles. The three gable ends all similar, with elaborately fretted bargeboards continuing below the eaves line and with a collar and central pendant. Pair of white painted casement windows with panelled shutters, dentilled pediments and decorative aprons. The logs are left with a natural finish and the joinery is white painted. In the south east angle a lean-to porch with balustrade and plank door. Stone wing to north has various casement windows and a plank door.

Listing NGR: SK2494268729