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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)