Description

WARLEGGAN WARLEGGAN
SX 16 NE
9/170 Pixie Nook, house attached to right
- and Forge Cottage with attached
former forge
GV II
Row of 3 houses, with attached forge. Probably C18, with additions and alterations
of mid C19 and some C20 alterations. Slatestone and granite rubble. Slate roofs
with ridge tiles and gable ends; gable end stacks with rubble shafts and shaped tops,
axial stack to central house, with cornice and shaped top.
Plan: Pixie Nook is to left, of 1-room plan, with entrance directly into the room,
which is heated by the axial stack to the left of the room. Forge Cottage is
attached to right, and is probably slightly later; this is a larger 1-room plan
house, heated by gable end stack to right. Attached to the front right of Forge
Cottage is a range of single storey outbuildings, which connect the house to the
forge, which is to the front right. The forge is a small single storey building,
with hipped roof to left and gable end to right, with stack with rubble shaft at each
end.
Exterior: Pixie Nook is of 2 storeys, with 2-light 2-pane casement at ground and
first floor; half-glazed door with pitched hood to right. The left end is partly
slate-hung, with a single storey outshut to the rear.
The central house is of 2 storeys, ground floor has 2-light 3-pane casement with
granite lintel and plain door in wooden gabled porch; first floor has 2-light 2-pane
casement. Forge Cottage has a slightly higher roof level; 2 storeys and 2 windows,
2-light casements at first floor, at ground floor a half-glazed door and a 2-light
casement set inside a C20 glazed lean-to. Attached to front right is a single storey
addition with 2-light casement to inner side and gable end stack with brick shaft to
front gable end. At the gable end there is a single storey lean-to; this is in the
angle between the outhouse and the forge. The forge is a small single storey
buidling, built into the bank at the right side. At the front there is a stable door
and a 2-light casement, under one timber lintel. The rear of Forge Cottage has a C20
addition.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX1572869018

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433247

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