Description

SS 72 SE BISHOP'S NYMPTON ASH MILL

6/137 Rock Cottage

GV II

House. Circa mid C17, C20 renovations. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone footings;
asbestos slate roof (thatched until at least 1960, old list description), gabled at
ends; back to back fireplaces in an axial stack; left end stack (shaft truncated).
Plan: Single depth plan, 3 rooms wide, with a projecting porch and lobby entrance
facing the axial stack between the two right hand rooms, rear outshut. Both
fireplaces in the axial stack have bread ovens; it is not clear which one served as
the C17 kitchen fireplace. The left hand room has a smaller, probably C18 fireplace
and was probably unheated originally. The house has been divided into cottages in
the past: it was 2 dwellings in 1960 and is reputed to have been 3 dwellings
previously (information from owner).
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3:l window front with a gabled 2-storey porch to
right of centre with a C20 front door on the left return, second C20 door at the
extreme left. Fenestration of C20 timber casements except for first floor right
which is probably C19: a small 2-light small pane casement. The right return of the
porch has 2 small probably C19 casements. The right return of the house has a C20
ground floor bow.
Interior: The right hand room has a C17 chamfered step stopped axial beam and a
partly-blocked fireplace retaining an original C17 chamfered lintel. The room has a
C17 open fireplace with a chamfered lintel and a bread oven with an iron door. The
left hand room has a smaller fireplace with a slender cambered lintel. The stair
rises behind the axial stack, old oak treads are said to survive below the present
treads.
A C17 house on a prominent corner site in Ash Mill. Group value with the former
forge (q.v.) and Ball Ham (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS7820223450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401075

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings