Description

SX 88 NW
2/60
11.11.52

BRIDFORD
SWANAFORD

West Park Cottage

GV
II

Cottage. Probably mid C17. Whitewashed plastered cob and stone rubble; thatched
roof, gabled at ends; left end stack with granite shaft, C20 right end stack with
brick shaft.
Plan: Single depth, 2 rooms wide with a later rear outshut; principal heated room
to the left; central entrance probably into passage or stair hall. The ground is at
a lower level to the right.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2 window front with 2 gabled dormers to the
front; C20 front door with flat porch canopy. 2- and 3-light C19 or C20 timber
casements with glazing bars. The right return has a C17 2-light timber mullioned
window to the first floor with chamfered mullions and a chamfered frame.
Interior: Not inspected at time of survey (1986) but said to have an exposed
crossbeam in the principal room, a first floor framed partition and roof timbers
with curved feet.
Forms a group with Rose Cottage (qv) which is approximately parallel to it at the
front. The 2 houses are extremely close together.

Listing NGR: SX8210488428

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26390057

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5