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Summary

Cottage, probably late 17th or early 18th century. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone rubble, tiled roof originally thatched.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1333866: BRIAR COTTAGE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88SE/74
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (XVII to XVIII - 1601 AD to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1988, Ashton, 16 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV284341.

Cottage. Probably late C17/early C18, thatch removed since 1959. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone rubble ; tiled roof, gabled at ends ; projecting right end stack, probably C20 rear left corner stack. Plan: A small early cottage, the main block consisting of a principal heated room to the right and a narrow service room to the left, small outshut on front at right. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1 window front with a 2-light casement to the left, a door to the right and the roof carried down over the outshut as a catslide to the right, door and window on inner return of outshut. The left gable end of the main block has a doorway into the service room flanked by small windows, one window in gable. Interior: 1 chamfered crossbeam to heated room. Roof: Not inspected at time of survey but may be of interest. An unusual example of a very small early cottage. Group value with other buildings in the centre of an exceptionally unspoiled village.

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

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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