Description

SS 72 SW
5/88

MARIANSLEIGH
Callards Cottage

GV
II

Cottage. Probably C18 with a 1980s lean-to adjoining at the left end. Whitewashed
rendered cob on stone rubble footings; asbestos slate roof, gabled at ends (thatched
until at least 1960, old list description), projecting right end stack with bread
oven.
Plan: Single depth plan, 2 rooms wide with an entrance slightly to left of centre
into a passage, the stairs rising opposite the entrance; kitchen/living room at right
end, smaller unheated room to the left. 1980s single-storey lean-to bathroom
addition at the left end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Slightly asymmetrical 2 window front with a central front door
and small-pane probably C19 timber casement windows.
Interior: Unrestored and fairly plain; right end room only inspected. This has a
plastered over crossbeam and an open fireplace, the kettle crook still in use at time
of survey (1987).
A small, late vernacular building in the centre of the village. Group value with
church and church hall.

Listing NGR: SS7438622089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26456895

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)