Description

BLACKAWTON
SX85SW Melrose Cottage
2/29

II

Cottage. Probably late C18 or early C19, extended later in C19 and again in
late C20. Painted stone rubble, scantle slate hung first floor. Asbestos
slate roof with gabled ends. Rendered gable end stacks with wreathed caps
to shafts and yellow clay pots.
Plan: Original house was of 2-room plan with an entrance to left of centre
into a lobby at the bottom of the stairs which is situated between the 2
rooms. Both rooms are heated from gable end stacks, the right-hand room is
the larger. Later in the C19 a 2-storey 1-room plan addition was built at
the right-hand end, slightly set back. In the late C20 a 2-storey wing was
added to the rear of the left-hand room.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:1 window range the right-hand window
in the later C19 extension set back. All late C19 or early C20 2 and 3-
light casements with glazing bars, some repaired in late C20. Doorway to
left of centre with a late C20 plank door and circa late C19 or early C20
open-fronted porch with a slate lean-to roof. At the rear the late C20
extension is a gable-ended rear wing.
Interior: At the centre a straight staircase with stick balusters. There
is also some other C19 joinery intact.

Listing NGR: SX8045850813

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401819

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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