Description

SX 86 NE COFFINSWELL COFFINSWELL
3/98 Wayside Cottage
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29.3.84
GV II
Cottage. Circa mid-late C17 with C20 extensions. Rendered cob walls with gable
ended thatched roof. Rendered rubble gable end stacks.
2-room plan, both rooms heated from gable end stacks; central lobby entrance created
by stairs which have been inserted into the original passage.
2 storeys. Regular 2 window front of late C19/early C20 casements with glazing
bars. Ground floor windows are wider set. Late C20 thatched central porch with
glazed door. Late C20 buttresses to either side of porch and at either end of front
wall, also regularly spaced at rear. Lower slate roofed C20 extension to right with
flat roofed extension beyond it.
Interior: Each ground floor room contains chamfered cross beam with hollow step
stops, modernised open fireplaces with wooden lintels. Roof structure completely
replaced in late C20 apart from one A-frame truss with straight principals and
lapped collar. To include iron gate to left of lower (left) gable end which has
cast iron reeded standards. This cottage is reputed to have once been a rectory.

Listing NGR: SX8900768673

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618852

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas