Number 2 And 3 And Attached Outhouse

BLAKESLEY THE GREEN SP6250 (North side) 10/49 Nos.2 and 3 and attached 01/12/51 outhouse (Formerly listed as House at W end of The Green, immed.W of School House on N side of road and occupied by Mrs. Martin)

GV II

House (No.3). c.1800. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, stone end stacks. Central 5-panel door with fanlight and stone surround with Doric pilasters, plain frieze and deep cornice. C19 horned sash windows to ground floor with flat-arched heads. Plinth, storey bands, moulded cornice with ball finials to left and right ends and stone-coped gables. 2-storey, attached, outhouse to right includes 3-bay stable and hayloft facing yard to rear. Slate roof. Chamfered stone eaves and stone-coped gable. 2-storey, 2-window attached cottage (No.2) to left balances outhouse and has central part-glazed door with timber lintel; 3-light casement windows to ground and first floors. Slate roof and brick end and ridge stacks. Chamfered stone eaves and stone-coped gable. Probably built as the service cottage to No.3. Interior: No.3 has staircase hall with open well staircase from ground floor to attic with stick balusters and ramped and wreathed handrail. Fine 6-panel doors in moulded doorcases. Known as The Lodge before 1914. (P.B. Kingston, 'Blakesley Then and Now', 1983, p.9).

Listing NGR: SP6251750322