Description

GITTISHAM GITTISHAM, (north side)
SY 19 NW

7/160 Windsor Cottage
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II

House. Late C17 with thorough late C20 alterations. Whitewashed and rendered;
thatched roof, hipped at right end of main range, gabled at end of wing; rear
lateral stack and left end stack to main range, end stack to wing.
Plan: L plan. Very altered in the C20 but the wing is probably the kitchen wing,
entrance in the angle between the wing and main range.
Exterior: 2 storeys. 1 window front elevation plus 2 windows to the inner return
of the wing; thatched C20 porch in the angle. C20 3-light casements, the ground
floor windows transomed with square leaded panes. First floor windows without
transoms but also with square leaded panes. 2 ground floor and 1 first window to
the gable end of the wing - a photograph in the possession of the owner shows that
these 3 windows are C20 introductions.
Interior: Modernized, re-using some C17 carpentry.
On the outskirts of an exceptional village of traditional thatched houses.

Listing NGR: SY1353298513

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570030

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)