Description

MORCHARD BISHOP SS 70 NE 5/127 Southcott Cottages - II

2 cottages, formerly 1 farmhouse. Probably C16 with C17 improvements. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; corrugated asbestos roof (formerly thatch). Originally a 3-room-and-through-passage plan house facing east with former service room at right (south) end. Probably C17 dairy and stair wing added at right angles to rear of hall and inner room. Large axial hall stack backing onto passage and inserted C20 axial stack to inner room end. Left cottage occupies former inner room and dairy/stair annexe and right cottage occupies former hall, passage and service room. 2 storeys. 5 window front of various sizes and irregular disposition comprising C19 and C20 casements, all with glazing bars. The central pair of first floor casements, both 3 lights, include C19 glass. Left cottage has inserted door. Right cottage has C20 door into hall and former passage door blocked to right. Interior not available for inspection at time of survey but is known to include C16 and C17 features.

Listing NGR: SS7577405607

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• Wikidata Q26554100

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