Description

DRINKSTONE DRINKSTONE GREEN, CROSS
TL 96 SE
STREET
1/2
- Nos. 1 and 2, Stott
- Cottages
II
Two houses, built as one house, in 2 stages in C16. 2 storeys. 3-cell cross-
entry plan. Timber-framed and plastered. Cedar shingled roof, formerly
thatched. An axial chimney, the shaft rebuilt in mid C20 red brick. small-
pane late C19/early C20 casements. Each house has a mid C20 half-glazed
entrance door, and that to right occupies the probable cross-entry position.
Interior: The parlour block to left was added in late C16 to an earlier
building with a lower roofline (the roof was raised in C20). Plain framing at
both phases, but the parlour block has leaf-carved chamfer stops to a main
beam and to rear is a contemporary outshut designed to contain a staircase.
This contains 4 doorways with 4-centred arched heads, of which 3 have leaf-
carved spandrels and 2 have a cross carved over the head. (Compare: Abbots
Lodge, Drinkstone - Item No. 1/26). An Old Cottage Saved: A.R. Powys:
S.P.A.B., c.1900.

Listing NGR: TL9646960277

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284028

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)