Description

SS 20 NW LAUNCELLS LAUNCELLS

5/31 Nos. 1 and 2 Barton Cottages
29.9.61

GV II

House, at one time 2 cottages. Late C17/C18 with C19 alterations and
additions. Main range whitewashed plastered cob, thatched roof, brick gable end
chimneys. Right gable end additions have slate roofs, rear left addition stone
with slate roof. Original plan possibly 2 or 3 rooms and cross passage. Present
plan has circa early C18 stair in passage, rear corridor missing behind stair and
ground floor room to right of passage. Right end of house altered or added C19 and
single storey addition to right under slate roof. Rear left addition forms L plan.
2-storey nearly symmetrical 5-window range with central enclosed porch has sloping
slated roof. 2 ground floor timber 2-light casements to left of porch, 10 panes
per light. 1 small 6-pane opening to right of porch, further 2-light timber
casement, 10 panes per light to right. First floor windows 5 similar timber
casements. Ground floor room left has large fireplace with fireplace beam and
cloam oven, hewn ceiling beams. Ground floor room to right of passage has ceiling
beams and boxed-in oak stair of large planks. Roof timbers halved and pegged.
Group value with Church of St Swithin.

Listing NGR: SS2437105764

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434614

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)