Description

ST 46 NE BROCKLEY CHELVEY BATCH (west side)

6/56 Brockley Cottage 11.10.61 G.V. II

Cottage. C17 or possibly earlier; remodelled early - mid C19 in a Picturesque Tudor Gothic style. Limewashed rubble and coursed rubble; thatched roof, slate roof over extension to north; rubble and rendered stacks, some square and some circular, two are inset with pebbles. The east elevation is traditional; of a single storey with attics in eyebrow dormers. Four 2- and 3-light casement windows with ovolo moulded mullions or with gothick lights; one large pane sash window to the right. The extension to the north is of 2 bays and a single storey, with C19 and C20 casement windows. Pannelled and studded door off-centre to left, under a projecting thatched hood. The west elevation is irregular and asymmetrical; single storey and attics in gables and dormers. 4 irregular bays. To the right is a 2 storey and single bay, advanced, gabled wing with an elaborate fretwork bargeboard and 3-light casement windows with cusped tracery and a square hoodmould. In the re-entrant angle is a projecting gabled porch; thatched with an enriched fretwork barrgeboard, rustic piers and a studded door with a 4-centred head. To the left of the porch a single, stone pointed light is on the ground floor and a 2-light casement with cusped gothick stone tracery is on the first floor. Next to the upper window gabled dormer projects, with an elaborate bargeboard and a lined out rendered section below. Further left is a brick projecting porch with a cusped bargeboard and beyond is a 2 bay section with plain 2- and 3-light casement windows.

Listing NGR: ST4761467068

External Links

• Wikidata Q26422892

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability