Description

SJ 68 SW APPLETON C.P. PEPPER STREET
(North-East Side)

6/16 Laurel Cottage and
attached unoccupied
cottage.

II

Pair of cottages (probably originally one) C17 or earlier. Oak frame
of brick-nogged rectangular panels with one intermediate rail and some
diagonal braces. Projecting sandstone plinth and thatched roof with
chimney set longitudinally on ridge right of centre and single-flue
chimney on left gable. One storey with attic bedrooms in roof; 5 bays
in all. Wooden casements replaced and altered ad hoc; boarded doors -
that to Laurel Cottage (left) has small early C20 gabled porch.
Full-length lean-to at rear.

Interior: Ingle nook at right end of Laurel cottage; chamfered oak
beams; some timber framing exposed in internal walls; ogee arched oak
lintel between parlour and kitchen of Laurel Cottage; large oak
purlins.

The building was probably at first one dwelling with a lobby entrance
opposite the ridge chimney and two back-to-back ingle nooks.

Listing NGR: SJ6370883357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q62336377

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)