Description

WEARE GIFFARD VENTON SS42SE No 2 Venton Cottages 7/225 and attached outbuilding II Two dwellings, now house and attached outbuilding. Mid/late C17. Roughcast stone and cob; hipped and gabled artificial slate roof; C20 brick ridge stack. 3-unit plan with cross passage to left of central hall. 2 storeys; 3-window range. C20 porch and door to left. Flat arches over late C19/C20 two-light casements. Interior: chamfered and plain beams to ground floor; C18 plank door with sneck latch to rear of passage. C17 A-frame roof with lap-jointed collars and ridge purlin set into notched apexes. Subsidiary features: 2-storey C17 outbuilding, formerly a separate dwelling, attached to right. Of roughcast stone and cob with corrugated iron roof. C20 metal door. Rear wall has C19 metal door. Interior: C17 three-bay A-frame roof with lap-jointed collars and ridge purlin set into notched apex. First-floor beams have been removed; C17 fireplace on right end wall of first floor has wattle and daub hood resting on plain corbelled bressummer.

Listing NGR: SS4839122900

External Links

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