| Description | 3 and 5 Tong Lane, Tong. 17th century brick and gritstone house.
'Two storey mid to late C17 cottage. Right hand part of front and part of rear wing built of brick, otherwise coursed gritstone. Two storeys with weathered string over ground floor in brick range. Stone slate roof. Projecting stone built bay is gabled with saddlestone and one kneeler surmounted by a stone lantern finial with ball capping (a badge of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem), 4, 5 and 6 light chamfered mullion windows. Chamfered jamb doorways with drip mould raised over. No 5 has door of 6 vertical panels with moulded muntins. Two light chamfered mullion windows to west gable end return, Inside these is reset C17 plank and muntin panelling in the ground floor room of the gabled brick. Some chamfered ceiling beams otherwise modernised'.
(English Heritage listed building description. Date listed 10/05/1978. http://list.english heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1133663. Web site accessed 08/10/2013).
3 and 5 Tong Lane was the subject of an archaeological assessment by Colum Giles as part of the WYAS/RCHME Rural Houses Survey. The photographic images produced by the assessment are held by WYAAS (Giles, C. (WYAS/RCHME). 1980). |