Description

ASHTON
SX 88 SW
5/1 Burnt Cottage
II

Cottage, formerly in use as farm labourer's cottage to Place Barton. Circa early C19 with late C20 rear addition. Colourwashed rendered cob; thatched roof, half-hipped at left end, gabled at right end; end stacks, left end stack projecting.
Plan: Single depth plan with 2 principal rooms, one on either side of an entrance
with a straight stair rising immediately in front of the door; cross passage to left of stair. A rear single storey outshut with a corrugated iron roof has been added in the late C20.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front with regular fenestration and a
gabled thatched porch with timber lattice sides to right of centre. 2-light late C19 or C20 timber casements with glazing bars except a small rectangular window lighting the passage to the left of the porch.
Interior: C19 joinery throughout. The left end fireplace is open with a plain timber lintel; early C20 chimneypiece to right hand room.
An attractive roadside cottage on the road between Lower and Higher Ashton.

Listing NGR: SX8513184597

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26390073

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)