Description

SW 83 NE GERRANS TREWITHIAN

3/49 Thatched Cottage
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GV II

Small house. Probably early C18. Painted slatestone rubble and cob walls with
wheatreed thatched roof and large external, stone stack to right gable with brick
chimney. Left gable end adjoins building site. 2 room plan plus single storey
extension to right side and rear. 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 2 window south
front. Central doorway with top glazed C20 door and shallow buttress piers forming
porch with slate lean-to roof. Wider ground floor windows with 4-pane, 2-light
casements. Wooden lintels. Heightened first floor openings under thatch eyebrows
with 4-pane, C20 windows.
Interior much renewed but splayed fireplace with bread oven survives. Roof structure
not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW8780037237

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433779

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)