Description

HATHERLEIGH SOUTH STREET, (south side),
SS 5404
Hatherleigh
11/79 Nos. 20 and 22
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GV II

Pair of cottages originally one house. C17 with late C17 or C18 and C19 additions.
Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable-ended thatch roof. Brick stack at left-hand
end, truncated rendered rubble stack at right gable end.
Plan: currently 2 cottages but originally 2-room plan house probably with central
passage. Later C17 or early C18 wing added behind right-hand end with C19 extension
beyond.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front (2 to No. 20) of C20 2-light
casements apart from the ground floor right-hand window (to No. 20) which is circa
late C19 6-pane sash. The left-hand window to No. 20 and its adjoining 6 panel door
are in a slight projection at the centre of the building. No. 22 (to left) has a
C20 part-glazed door at its right end.
Interior of No. 22 has substantial cross beam and open fireplace with wooden lintel.
It is possible that the original roof timbers also survive.

Listing NGR: SS5419204290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399212

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