Description

ST5412
12/124

EAST COKER CP
Orchard Cottage
(formerly listed as one of a Pair of Cottages immediately south of Helyar Arms)

19.4.61

GV II

Cottage, one of a pair. Possibly of C15 origins. Rubble, with brick gable and extension to south; thatched roof; brick
chimney to extension. 2 storeys, 1-bay. 3-light casement window to ground floor, under exposed timber lintel; above an
ovolo-mould casement of 3-light with diamond leaded panes. Entrance door in side gable. Interior not seen, but three
jointed cruck trusses with long tenons and windbracing are reported; also a smoke-blackened wattle and daub partition
in roof. Adjoining on West side Holly Bark (qv), with no obvious division externally. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO,
1976).

Listing NGR: ST5408812290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308999

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