Description

SAMPFORD COURTENAY SAMPFORD COURTENAY
SS 60 SW
11/194 Forge Cottage
GV II
Small house. Early C17 or earlier, altered in C20. Rendered cob walls. Thatch
roof hipped to left end gabled to right. 2 brick stacks - one axial and one at
right gable end.
Plan: 2 room plan originally larger room to right heated by axial stack, small
unheated room to its left. Tne main room was subdivided probably in the early C20
into 2 smaller rooms and an entrance lobby at the front.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1 window front, 2 windows to ground floor. C20
plank door to right under thatched doorhood. C19 leanto at right-hand end.
Interior: main room has very large open fireplace virtually the width of the room
with roughly chamfered wooden lintel and granite jamb to the left. Against the rear
wall of this room is a bench with post at its left-hand end which is moulded at the
top - probably a C17 feature.
Roof: 1 side-pegged jointed cruck is visible on the 1st floor. Beside the stack
one principal rafter with a curved foot is visible. There is no access to the roof
space so any evidence of smoke-blackening to the timbers cannot be seen.

Listing NGR: SS6319301201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399247

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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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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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)