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BLANKNEY MAIN STREET TF 0660 (west side) 7/13 Kingfisher Cottage GV II House. c1835 by W A Nicholson. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with ashlar coped gables with moulded kneelers and finials. A row of 4, 3 and 2 moulded and chamfered ashlar gable stacks, plus a row of 3 similar white brick and ashlar gable stacks. Chamfered ashlar plinth, first floor moulded band and flush quoins. Single storey plus attics. T-plan. East front has central shaped gabled projecting porch, with moulded, 4 centred arched, ashlar door surround with 4 panel door and strapwork gable. Projecting gabled cross wing to the left with a canted bay window with an ornate strapwork parapet. To the right a 2-light window with strapwork gable and beyond a single storey wing with a 3-light window under a shaped through eaves gable. Above a 2-light window to the left, with a strapwork gable, and to the right a through eaves shaped gable dormer with a 2-light window. The south front has two 3-light windows with strapwork gables, and above 3 continuous, through eaves, shaped gable dormers, each with a 2-light window, the central window projects slightly and is supported on a shaped bracket. All the windows have glazing bar casements, in moulded ashlar surrounds, the lower windows have mullions and transoms, those above have only mullions. This building is part of the complete estate village built by the Chaplin family of Blankney Hall. Listing NGR: TF0675660196

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