Description

WESTLEIGH WESTLEIGH
SS 42 NE
3/143
Nos 1 and 2 Downmans
GV
II
2 adjoining cottages. Late C17 or early C18. Rendered stone rubble and cob.
Thatch roofs with brick ridge stack and rendered stack at right end.
2 single room cottages, no. 1 to left has lobby entry with winder staircase beside
rear side of stack, no 2 has cross-passage with stairs to rear.
2 storeys. Each cottage has 2 window range. No. 1 has two 4 paned sashes above
sash with margin glazing bars and plank door to right. C20 outshut to rear with
corrugated asbestos roof. No. 2 has 2 horizontal sliding sashes, 6 panes per light
above two 2 light casements 6 panes per light to right of porch with slated gabled
porch with shaped bargeboards. 4 panelled door, the upper panels glazed. Painted
quoins to all the openings.
Interior of No. 1 has 6 panelled doors to inner lobby and original winder
staircase. Chamfered ceiling beams to both cottages. No access to roof space but
original trusses appear to survive.

Listing NGR: SS4710428672

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401398

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)