Old stone-built house at Gayton
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Old stone-built house at Gayton
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 6 Jul 2010
As I was passing through the village this old building caught my eye. The style of the windows, with mullions (stone uprights) suggests 17th century origins, perhaps earlier. Looking at the gable-ends, the masonry seems to have been renewed above the level of the eaves. Perhaps the house once had a gambrel roof, sloping up steeply from the eaves, but less steeply nearer the ridge. For an example of a gambrel roof (in Stamford, Lincs.) see Image It is also possible that the roof was once thatched, as in the case of a house with similar features in Weedon Image I'm not sure whether the basic building material is ironstone or limestone. The quoins (the massive blocks at the corners) and the windows certainly have the greenish-yellow tinge of ironstone.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.185359
Longitude
-0.973447