Description

SX 79 SE CHERITON BISHOP VENBRIDGE HILL

10/52 Blackaday

II

House. Possibly C16 or C17 core, rebuilt in C18. Plastered cob on rubble
footings; cob and rubble stacks topped with C19 brick; thatched roof. Apparently
a 3-room-and-through-passage plan with inner room at west end, facing south. Cob
stack projecting from east end and axial stack at upper end of hall. Late C19 and
C20 outshots to rear (north) incorporate 2-storey gabled porch with weather-boarded
sides and corrugated iron roof. Main roof hipped each end. 2 storeys. 6-window
(south) front with vague attempt at symmetry. Timber sashes at each end and
central first floor pair (all 12 panes except first floor left of 16-panes) other
fixed pane windows with glazing bars of various sizes. Front door off-centre to
right behind C20 rustic porch with hipped thatched roof. Second C20 porch left of
centre projecting from hall with glazed sides and door and monopitch roof. Despite
suspected early core all exposed internal features C18 or later. Hall and service
room have chamfered cross beams with runout stops and cob service fireplace with
chamfered oak lintel resting on granite monoliths.

Listing NGR: SX7733093723

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26463272

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