Description

COUND C.P. UPPER COUND SJ 5504 13/109 Nos. 26 and 53 - (Drover's Cottage) GV II House, now divided. Probably C17 with mid- to late C19 alterations and additions. Timber framed, partly rebuilt and probably partly refaced in rendered and painted brick with painted imitation framing; plain tile roofs. U-plan; central hall range of probably 2 framed bays, and flanking gabled cross-wings of probably 2 framed bays projecting to north-west. One storey and attic. North-west front: dentil brick eaves cornice to hall range and central gabled eaves dormer with 2-light wooden casement; large brick ridge stacks; brick ridge stacks to left just off-centre to right with paired star-shaped shafts and oversailing tops, and integral brick lateral stack to right-hand cross-wing. Hall range with C19 two-light segmental-headed wooden casement to left and C19 three-light wooden casement to right; left-hand cross-wing with C20 three-light wooden casement on each floor; gabled cross-wing to right with first-floor C20 two-light wooden casement, 2 glazed doors, and C20 lean-to porch with casements flanking central half-glazed door. Gabled eaves dormer and porch to No.26 at rear. Interior: collar and tie-beam roof trusses; chamfered purlins; chamfered beams, joists and wall-plate.

Listing NGR: SJ5520204884

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)