Description

ZEAL MONACHORUM ZEAL MONACHORUM
SS 70 SW
4/84 Yew Tree Cottage
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GV II

House, formerly 2 cottages. Possibly C18 with mid C19 front. Mostly plastered cob
and rubble and front of snecked local stone with brick dressings; stone rubble
stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof.
Originally 2 cottages facing west. The right (southern) former cottage apparently
had a 2-room plan and the left a 1-room plan. Each end room has a rear lateral
stack. 2 storeys.
Irregular 4-window front of C19 and C20 replacement casements, most with glazing
bars. The left end ground floor window is blocked by a secondary addition and the
window above is blind. All apertures have brick heads. Most are flat but the
former doorway left of centre (now blocked by a window) and the window above have
low segmental arches. The doorway right of centre contains a mid C19 plank door and
has a contemporary porch with a light wrought-iron frame, now with a gabled zinc
roof. Roof is half-hipped each end.
Interior has plain carpentry detail where exposed. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7191404036

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400389

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings