Spring Cottage

SP 82 NW MURSLEY MAIN STREET (west side)

4/76 Spring Cottage

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GV II

House. C17, extended and part rebuilt C19. 2 original bays have whitewashed render probably over timber frame, with whitewashed rubble stone plinth, one bay of whitewashed brick to right. Thatched roof, chimney stack of thin brick with pilaster between right-hand bays. 1½ storeys, 3 bays. Ground floor right-hand bay has bow window with barred casements, remainder has 3-light C19 casements, those to first floor in thatch eyebrows. All windows have scalloped lead fringes below sills, those to ground floor have ornamental wooden blind boxes. Half-glazed door between left-hand bays has C19 wooden surround with dentilled pediment on cut brackets with guttae, and gabled porch with lattice sides, tiled roof and ornamental bargeboards. Right gable has stone tablet dated H.T. 1693 and carved with oak leaves and hare. Large extension c.1900 to left is of whitewashed rough cast with tiled roof and tile-hanging to left gable. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Barred wooden casements,square projection to ground floor left, elaborate door with hood over flanking windows to right. RCHM II p 205 MON 21

Listing NGR: SP8187428357