Description

CHETNOLE
ST 6007 NEAL'S LANE

7/19 Spring Cottage
31-7-61

- II*

Cottage, now attached and forming annexe to a C19 cottage. Late C15, of
open-hall form, altered in C16 and C17. Possibly originally timber-framed.
Walls now of rubble stone thatched roof, with coped gable at left end.
Brick stack at left end, stone stack right of door. One storey and attic.
Ledged door - into cross-passage. Ground floor has 3 casements with lead
lights. Attic has one dormer with similar casements. Internally, the whole
roof smoke-blackened, ie house originally open throughout. Remains of
original wattle ceiling - hidden by recent lining. 2 cruck trusses and one
collar truss. Lower end room - at left end, now used as garage; one deep
chamfered ceiling beam. Hall has inserted intersecting moulded beamed
ceiling. Inserted stack - C16 - with moulded timber lintel and jambs.
Heavy plank and muntin partition between hall and inner room, with shouldered
arched doorway. Head beam of partition notched for joists - below present
ceiling level - could indicate internal jetty. A small house of exceptional
interest. (RCHM Monument 12. (Dorset. Vol.I). R Machin "The Houses of
Yetminster." University of Bristol. 1978) The C19 cottage not of-special
interest.

Listing NGR: ST6043907734

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542616

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)