Broken Brea Crossing Cottage England, UK

Listed Building Description

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EASBY B 6271 NZ 20 SW (north side)

5/37 Broken Brea Crossing Cottage

Railway crossing keeper's cottage, now house. c1846. By G T Andrews for George Hudson's Great North of England railway. Random-coursed sandstone, Welsh slate roof. L-shaped plan, with rear range to left, 2 storeys. Entrance front: 1 gabled bay. Pointed relieving arches over openings. Stepped diagonal buttress to right. Ground floor, from left: C20 6-panel door below hood-mould; window of 2 shouldered lights. First floor: window of 2 shouldered lights. Decorative bargeboards and finials to gable. Right return: 2 bays. Ground floor: C20 casement window; C20 single-light window in square recess. First floor: C20 casement window below pointed relieving arch, and above it, gable with decorative bargeboards and finials; single- light window, and gable finials to right end. Central stack of 3 octagonal chimneys.

Listing NGR: NZ2006200363