Woodside Cottage, Prestwold Lane, Prestwold (Locally Listed)

Geo: 52.7915, -1.1480
Date ListedThu 17th June, 2004
CategoryLocally Listed Building
AddressWoodside Cottage Prestwold Lane Prestwold LE12 5SH
GradeLocally Listed
Grid ReferenceSK5755421894
Description

Private Residence. Formerly a pair of cottages probably built for Prestwold Hall estate staff. Plaque above porch door inscribed CWP 1851. (C W Packe then owner of the Hall). Vernacular styling with Gothic Revival embellishments. Mellow red brick. Pitched slate roof, part Swithland slate. Large centre ridge stack with corbelled head and 2 stone pots. Two storeys. Rectangular plan with pitched roof entrance porch on each blank gable. 4 casement windows to front elevation. Arched door opening with terra cotta hood mould. Sympathetic pitched roof extension at rear.

The description above describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.