82 and 84 Main Road

Description

Historic England state: "House. C17 extended at south end. Timber framed, roughcast rendered and steeply pitched asbestos slate roof. Red brick ridge stack, now rendered at junction of main range and crosswing. The roof is hipped at the junction. Side stack to crosswing. L-plan with wing at north end. Two storeys. Horizontal sliding sash, C19 at first floor and two at ground floor including one to a lean-to to stair bay opposite the stack. The crosswing has at first floor a four light horizontal sliding sash with small panes divided by a mullion. The house has been extended at the south end by one bay and the entry to No 82 was made to this bay. Possibly there was a baffle entry plan which was altered when the extension was made. Inside: The room at the south end has an inglenook hearth and quartered ceiling with broach and run out stops. The wing to the north, possibly a parlour, has the abutting inglenook now blocked. C18 fireplace with eared architrave and moulded cornice."

In the 1826 Original Enclosure Award this property is described as belonging to Lincoln's Heirs.

A pair of cottages that once formed a single C17 dwelling. The principal ground floor room at the South-East end has a ceiling divided into four panels by a stop-chamfered cross beam with axial secondaries having broach stops except at the North-West end against the chimney. The adjoining room has a stop-chamfered axial beam. The cottages are two-storey and timber framed with a roughcast render finish all under a steeply pitched roof that is now covered in asbestos cement slates. No 84 is contained in a cross wing to the original house that has also been extended at the south-east end (No 82) under a slate roof. Significant redevelopment in 2010 to the garages in the garden to convert them to accommodation.

Offered for sale in July 2011 at a guide price of £435,000. Again offered for sale in 2016 at a guide price of £425,000. Accommodation comprises: Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, Shower Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Dining Room, Sitting Room. First Floor: Study Area, 2 Bedrooms, En suite Shower Room. Detached Annexe: Sitting Room/Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms, Shower Room. Grounds c.0.20 acres. 

Listing

Grade II. List number: 1164085. Listed on 3 September 1986.

Occupants

P. E. Merrill in 1974.

B. Robson in 1991.

Mr and Mrs P. E. Merrill in 1995 (No.84).

Current occupant from c.1996 (No.82). 

N/K sold in 2007 to T. Sargeant and Ms J. Holland (No.84).

Offered on the market by estate agents Giggs & Company in July 2019 for £500,000.

Offered on the market by estate agents Latcham Dowling in October 2025 for £595,000.