Survey Data
Reg No
30409502
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
140434, 225873
Date Recorded
01/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey direct entry thatched house, built c.1800. Sited at right angle to road. Pitched thatched roof having raised scolloped ridge, and low rendered chimneystacks. Painted smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having painted sills with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed replacement half-glazed timber door. Outbuilding to west of house having pitched corrugated-iron roof and painted rendered walls with metal doors, and corrugated-iron barn to west. Painted smooth rendered wall and metal gate to boundary.
Appraisal
A direct-entry thatched house with its characteristic small windows, a type once widespread but now becoming increasingly rare. The juxtaposition of outbuildings enhances the siting.