Description

BRIDESTOWE BRIDESTOWE
SX 58 NW

12/81 Royal Oak Cottages
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GV II

Row of 2 cottages. Originally incorporating a shop. Mid C19. Exposed and colour-
washed rubble walls. Slate roof which is hipped to the left and gabled to the
right. 2 axial rubble stacks and one at right-hand end; similar lateral stack at
rear of left-hand side.
2 attached cottages of a double depth plan. The larger left-hand cottage had a shop
at its left end with independent access and a room to its right beyond a front door.
The right-hand cottage probably has only 2 rooms.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window front 3:2. The left-hand cottage has probably its
original 28 pane shop window to the left with C19 door with marginal glazing on its
splayed left-hand corner. To the right of the shop window are 16-pane original
hornless sashes; the central 1st floor window has 12 panes. The right-hand cottage
is single-fronted and has later C19 horned 16-pane sashes; the 1st floor left-hand
window is blind. C19 panelled door below it.
Interior not inspected.
This building forms a group with the Royal Oak Inn.

Listing NGR: SX5143289399

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399546

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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