Description

BEAFORD
SS 55 15
20/9 Cooksworthy Cottage (formerly
- known as Hooksworthy Cottage)

II

House. Early to mid C18 with late C19 addition and late C20 addition and minor
alterations. Rendered, the C18 work said to be cob and the additions probably
coursed stone rubble. Thatched roof with gable ends.
Plan and development: C18 two-room plan with external end stack to north-west and
small unheated room to south-east. C19 one-room addition to south-east with integral
end stack and further late C20 addition beyond that. Two storeys.
Exterior: Facing south-west. Three-window front, mainly 2-and 3-light C19 wooden
casements, except for C18 ground-floor wooden casements to left with small panes.
Blocked doorway between first and second windows from left, formerly centre of C18
cottage, replaced by late C20 circular window. Projecting bread oven with monopitch
slate roof in angle to rear of left-hand end stack. C20 lean-to porch to rear.
Interior: Division between ground-floor rooms removed in late C20. Open fireplace
to left with plain wooden lintel. Old boarded door to rear. Wooden winder staircase
in right-hand rear corner.

Listing NGR: SS5559715598

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399014

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)