Description

SW 83 NW MYLOR RESTRONGUET WEIR

4/266 Weir Cottage

II

House. C18 and extended in the C19 and C20. Painted shale rubble walls, slate sills
and wooden lintels. Rag slate roof with brick chimneys over gable ends and party
wall and cast iron ogee gutters.
Plan of parlour, left, slightly larger hall/kitchen right and passage between leading
to stair in central rear turret projection; small C20 extension to left of stair, 1
room circa early-mid C19 extension on left and C20 extension at right angles and
partly projecting to front at far left.
2 storeys. Overall 4-window front of 1-window front of original house. Central
doorway with ground floor windows grouped closer. Gabled porch with slate roof.
Windows are 2-light casements and original except for ground floor circa early C20
ones to left and right of doorway. Those to first floor of original C18 house have
thick glazing bars with internal ovolo-mouldings and much original crown glass. All
windows have old external panelled shutters.
Interior is little altered. Original C18 winder stair with plank newel and turned
balusters to landing balustrade; 3 C18 2-panel doors; moulded ceiling beams: circa
early C19 top-glazed door to stair with 2 diamond shaped panes and original roof
structures not inspected.
An interesting house with a small stair turret at this date, and 3 original C18
casements surviving.

Listing NGR: SW8171436752

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26454336

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)