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Summary

Cottage, possibly late 16th or early 17th century. The west end has been used as a shippon with hayloft over.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76SE/94

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOUSE (XVI to XVII - 1501 AD to 1700 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Coxlake' shown. Map object based on this source.

Exeter Industrial Archaeology Group, 1972, Dartington Houses: a survey, 18 (Report - Survey). SDV163528.

Coxlake sited along the slope, beside and lower than the lane. It has been disused for some time and is now ruinous. Built of rubble masonry in chunky and slabby stone. There is a break and change of direction in the front wall and at the west end the stones are larger and more irregular. The roof was thatched. There are three original beams to the ground floor. Slot for a stud and panel partition. Some original joists remain, ovolo moulding or chamfered step stops, but are not in their original positions. The stair projection retains the original door with iron strap hinges and two planks with beaded edges and door frame with pointed straight-edge head. The stairs to the first floor have a double doorway. The fireplace in the west has its chimney slightly corbelled out internally. The trusses have collars with dovetail halvings and threaded purlins scarfed at each truss in the roof. Jointed cruck. Probably a two room plan with no cross passage because of the bank and road immediately behind. The original house is perhaps of 1625. The roof illustrates the local type. The east end of the house has been rebuilt with the front wall askew, as a barn or byre with vent slits. The barn extension may be late 18th/early 19th century.

Waterhouse, R., 2003, Coxlake Cottage, Dartington: An Archaeological Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV355376.

Coxlake Cottage shows a clear sequence of development from the later 16th century to the early 20th century. Its plan and development are suggestive of a longhouse derivative, possibly having developed from a true longhouse. The surviving building at Coxlake is rectangular and contains evidence for residential accommodation at its west end, with a former shippon with hayloft over at the east end.

Child, P., 2004, Coxlake, Dartington (Correspondence). SDV352018.

Correspondence concerning the conversion of a redundant farm building at Coxlake, and whether the building was actually a longhouse in its original state.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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