Description

SU 02 NW COMPTON CHAMBERLAYNE COMPTON CHAMBERLAYNE VILLAGE (east side)

4/129 Camel Cottage

GV II

Detached cottage. Mid to late C17. Dressed limestone, thatched roof with coped verges and brick stacks. Gable end to road. Single-storey and attic, 2 windows. C20 porch and steel casement to left, 2-light wooden casement in blocked doorway and 3-light recessed chamfered mullioned casement to right. Two eyebrow dormers with C20 casements. Right return has 2-light mullioned casement and projecting semi-circular bread oven to ground floor, two 2-light C20 casements to attic floor. C20 extension to left return not of special interest. Interior has chamfered beam with jeweLled stops and open fireplace with cambered chamfered lintel on stone jambs in room to south, middle room has chamfered beam with stepped stops, stairs to rear. Originally a C17 one-cell cottage; another cell added late C17 to south.

Listing NGR: SU0293629725

External Links

• Wikidata Q26494646

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)