Description

SO 8502 RODBOROUGH HOUNDSCROFT

17/120 Virginia Cottage and Primrose
Cottage

GV II

Former farmhouse, now 2 houses in row. Early-mid C17. Coursed
rubble limestone; ashlar chimneys; stone slate roof. Single-
storey with attic. Front: 2 gables, left forming part of
Virginia Cottage with doorway having 4-panel door and 2-light
chamfered mullioned casement under combined hoodmould; 2-light
with hoodmould in gable above. Two C19 restored 3-light casements
to left; gabled attic roof dormer. Primrose Cottage to right has
gable with doorway and 3-light casement under combined hoodmould;
3-light casement above. Further ground floor 3-light to left;
gabled attic roof dormer above. Ridge-mounted chimneys with plain
caps. West end: rebuilt gable end with attached outbuilding.
Rear: 2 gables. Mixed mullioned and later fenestration. C20
addition to Primrose Cottage. Interiors not inspected.
Originally formed part of Mugmoor Farm.

Listing NGR: SO8530702490

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26383039

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)