Description

BOW

SS 70

SW 2/16

BOW (north side)

Hildons Cottage

GV

II

Two cottages, originally one house. Early-mid C18, modernised in late C19. Plastered cob and rubble; stone rubble or cob stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof.

Two adjoining two-room plan cottages facing south with a carriageway through the building at right (east) end with a small bedchamber over. Right cottage has two rear lateral stacks and left cottage has axial stack between the two rooms. Two storeys. Irregular four-window front comprising a variety of late C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars and a late C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars and a late C19 canted bay window containing horned large-pane sashes with glazing bars set in approximate centre. To left of bay window is part-glazed late C19 door to left cottage originally the main door when Hildons was a single house. Right cottage is entered through late C19 plank double doors to carriageway and by former service door inside passage.

Interior: is mainly the result of late C19 modernisation but some C18 joinery remains and more C18 features are probably hidden. Roof not inspected.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 January 2019.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400829

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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