Description

WEYMOUTH

SY7083 SILVER STREET, Sutton Poyntz 873-1/9/517 (East side) 12/12/53 Laurel Cottage (Formerly Listed as: SUTTON ROAD, Sutton Poyntz The Laurels)

GV II

Marked on OS as The Laurels. Detached cottage, set gable to the road. C18 or early C19. Rubble, thatch roof. A long single-depth cottage with small rear wing under swept-down roof. 2 storeys, 4 windows; all deep 2-light casements with horizontal bars and in wood lintels, set to eyebrow dormers at first floor. At the ground floor is an extra window to the left. Slightly offset under window 3 is a C20 plank door under thatched hood. 4 low buttresses to square tops have been built against the front wall, and this wall appears to have been raised in later work from upper window sill height. A lean-to with plank door at the right-hand end, a brick gable stack to the right and a small stack left of the door. The left return has a 2-light casement at each level, and the back has four 2-light casements to the ground floor, and there is a small rendered unit under the swept-down roof. INTERIOR: has been modified, but this remains representative of the vernacular cottages in the village.



Listing NGR: SY7056283714

External Links

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