Description

SX 69 NE SOUTH TAWTON LANGDOWN CROSS

1/292 Langdown Cross Cottages

GV II

2 cottages. Probably late C18-early C19. Local stone rubble with larger and more
neatly dressed quoins and some plastered cob on wall tops; stone rubble stack topped
with brick; thatch roof.
Plan: pair of contemporary 2-room plan cottages, facing south-east, each a mirror
plan of the other. Each has an outer entrance into a small unheated room. Larger
inner rooms are heated by central axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces. 2
storeys with maybe secondary outshots to rear.
Exterior: symmetrical 4-window front of C20 replacement casements with glazing bars.
Doorway at each end; both contain C20 doors behind contemporary gabled porches.
Roof is half-hipped each end.
Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX6759896704

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399938

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