Description

BROADHEMBURY HEMBERCOMBE
ST 10 NW

3/77 Woodbine Cottage

7.12.62

GV II

Small house. Probably late C17/C18. Whitewashed rendered cob and stone; thatched
roof with a plain ridge, half-hipped at ends; end stacks.
Plan: End on to the lane. Single depth plan, 2 rooms wide with a central entrance
and a probably later single-storey outshut at the right end with a slate roof.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2 window front with a central C20 gabled porch on
posts and a plank front door. 2 first floor gabled dormers glazed with C20 casements
with square leaded panes, ground floor windows similar.
Interior: Not inspected.
One of a group of small houses at Hembercombe on the lane to Broadhembury Common,
just outside Broadhembury village. Possibly a commoner's cottage.

Listing NGR: ST1001505129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26390251

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Recommended Books

• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]