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Summary

Pair of mid 17th century cob and stone cottages. A rare survival of an ingeniously-planned pair of cottages on a prominent corner site.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1309933: 1 AND 2, CHURCH ROAD

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX39NE/53
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 90670

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (XVII - 1601 AD to 1700 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1986, Clawton, 10 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV10457.

Nos 1 and 2 Church Road.
Pair of cottages. Probably mid 17th century. Whitewashed cob on stone rubble footings, corrugated iron roof (formerly thatched) gabled at ends, stone end stacks.
Single depth plan. Each cottage is 1 1/2-rooms wide with a heated hall/kitchen at the outer end of the range and a half room divided between an unheated service room and a stair in the centre of the range. The left-hand cottage has the service room to the front, the stair to the rear; the arrangement is reversed for the right-hand cottage. Front doors on either side of the central half rooms open directly into the heated rooms. A small lean-to adjoins the right return of the range.
Two storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front with front doors under corrugated iron porch canopies on timber brackets on either side of a 1-light window. Ground floor windows left and right are 2-light casements, 6-panes per light. 4-pane central first floor
window; first floor windows left and right 2-light casements with glazing bars and probably originally identical. A 3-light ovolo-moulded 17th century timber window on the left return of the range appears to be in situ.
Interior Very unaltered since the 19th century, the right-hand cottage preserves an open fireplace.
A rare survival of an ingeniously-planned pair of 17th century cottages on a prominent corner site. A similar pair exists in Manaton parish. Other details: lbs NO 90670.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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