Description

CULLOMPTON WESTCOTT
ST 00 SW
8/138 Lower Westcott Cottages
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- II
2 dwellings, formerly a single farmhouse. C16 with later alterations. Cob, stone
plinth, plastered, under gabled-end slate roof. Originally a 3-room, through-passage
plan, the higher-end to the right of the passage. End stacks, that to the right
external, with an external front lateral stack with 2 paired set-offs, heating hall.
Brick shafts to all. 2 storeys.
Front: 4-window range; 2- and 3-light C19 casement windows to 1st floor;, the front
of the former parlour is now largely obscured by a C19 brick and rubble extension
with attached C20 conservatory. C19 casement windows to ground floor, with rough
open timber porch to former passage entrance.
Rear: stair turret with ovolo-moulded 2-light window; C19 and C20 rear extensions.
Interior: both passage screens survive, that to the left-hand side chamfered and
pegged, that to the right unchamfered and grooved, with a later 2-light internal
window inserted; rough axial beam to lower-end room; blocked rear window to hall;
large fireplace, roughly worked; large cross beam between hall and parlour partly
visible. The bases of 2 crucks survive but have apparently been sawn off below the
level of the collar; it is reported that these fragments are not smoke-blackened.
No.2 (the parlour) not inspected internally.

Listing NGR: ST0191604534

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399797

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  For the Record
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings