Description

IDDESLEIGH
SS 50 NE
4/118 Pixton Cottage
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GV II

Small house. Early to mid C17. Plastered cob walls. Gable ended thatched roof.
Projecting rendered rubble stack at each gable end, right-hand one has dripcourse
near the top, left-hand one has brick shaft.
Plan: 2-room plan with central lobby entry in front of spiral stairs which may be
original and lead out of right-hand room. Both rooms heated by gable end stack -
right-hand one larger hall/kitchen has projecting window bay at the front.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1-window front, 2 to ground floor, of early C20
small-paned 2-light casements. Projecting gabled bay to right of centre has a
window on each floor. C20 part-glazed and panelled door to left of centre. At
front of right-hand end is semi-circular oven projection with thatched roof. Late
C19 or early C20 outshut against right-hand end.
Interior: left-hand room has very heavy chamfered axial beam with run-out stops.
Fireplace has chamfered wooden lintel although the opening is now blocked. First
floor and roof-space inaccessible at time of survey and early roof timbers may
survive.
This small C17 house has an interesting plan form which survives relatively
unaltered.

Listing NGR: SS5826707617

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399187

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)