Description

UPLOWMAN WHITNAGE ST Ol NW 4/197 - No 1 Locks Cottage

GV II Cottage. Probably C18, modernised in the mid C19. Plastered stone rubble (exposed west end), maybe with some cob; stone rubble stack topped with late C18 - early C19 brick; that roof. Plan: 2-room plan cottage built down quite a steep hill- slope built along the road facing north-north-west, say north. There is a small unheated room uphill to left (east) and larger heated room at the right end with a gable-end stack. The doorway is to rear into an entrance lobby with the staircase between the 2 rooms. Two storeys. Exterior: irregular fenestration, one each floor on the front and a 2-window rear, all C20 casements with glazing bars. Rear doorway contains a C20 door and porch. Roof is gable-ended to right and to left it runs continuously over the adjoining Locks Cottage (qv). Interior: has a small amount of plain carpentry detail showing. The large room has a large stone rubble fireplace with soffit-chamfered oak lintel. There is no sign of a ceiling beam here. Roof not inspected although the bases of straight principals from A-frame trusses show on the first floor. All the joinery detail is C20. No 1, Locks Cottage, is one of a group of attractive listed buildings in the hamlet of Whitnage. It is a small cottage built onto the end of Locks Cottage (qv). The slope is such that the ground floor room of Locks Cottage adjoints the first floor of No 1.

Listing NGR: ST0259515646

External Links

• Wikidata Q26400273

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)