Description

SX 98 SE LYMPSTONE LONGMEADOW ROAD (north side)
Lympstone
5/36 Berry Cottage
18.11.77

- II

Detached house. Late C16 or early C17. Roughcast cob, on stone footings; gabled-
end thatched roof. Formerly a 3-room, through-passage plan house, the service end
to the left of the passage and heated by an external end stack; the hall heated by
a front lateral external stack; the inner room, which was tiny and has been
incorporated with the hall into a large single room, was originally unheated and
received an internal end stack, probably in the C19. The other stacks of cob or
stone, all with brick shafts. 2 storeys.
Front: 3-window range; 2-light casement windows to first floor; the eaves line
rises to the level of the lintel above these windows. French windows to service end
and inner room, 2-light casement to hall. All C20. Prominent external front stack
with slate weathering; the shaft is of small C17 bricks, probably imported, with 2
off-sets. Slated lean-to porch.
Left-hand end stack with remains of bake oven bulge; 2 C20 windows.
Rear: first floor weatherboarded; one 2-light casement window under eyebrow eaves.
C19 porch, bargeboarded with apex pinnacle. 3 C20 casement windows to ground floor.
Interior: 1 chamfered plank and muntin screen. 1 chamfered ceiling beam with
hollow step stop to hall. Remains of stone backed fireplace to service end.
Roof: higher end of 2 bays, service end of 1; 3 trusses, possibly jointed crucks,
morticed and pegged at apex, trenched purlins).

Listing NGR: SX9983384064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398175

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)