Description

EXBOURNE
SS 60 SW
5/42 Swanstone Cottage
II

Cottage. Circa late Cl7 or early C18 with C20 addition. Rendered cob walls.
Thatched roof, hipped to left, gabled to right. Brick stack at right hand
gable end.
Plan: 2-room plan, larger right hand room heated from a gable end fireplace.
small unheated to left with straight staircase between the 2 rooms. C20
addition at rear.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front of late C20, 2-light
casements. C20 gabled thatched porch to left of centre with mid-C19 panelled
door behind. C20 1-storey addition at rear.
Interior: The ceiling beams in the kitchen to the right have been replaced;
the small room to the left has original joists and is now divided axially to
form a small larder at the back. The fireplace lintel in the right hand room
have been replaced. The staircase has also been replaced but it is probably
in the original position between the 2 rooms rising from a lobby to the front
doorway.
Roof: The feet of the straight principals are visible in the first floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SS6064700261

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439790

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (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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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings