Description

SX 86 NE COFFINSWELL COFFINSWELL
3/91 Littlecroft
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30.10.82
GV II
Cottage. Circa late C17. Rendered cob walls with hipped thatched roof. Rendered
rubble projecting lateral stack at rear.
2 room plan with larger room to the left heated by rear lateral stack and which has
newel stairs adjoining fireplace. Smaller unheated room to the right. Central
passage possibly original, right-hand room now divided longitudinally into 2.
2 storeys. Almost regular 3 window facade of early C20 2-light casements with
leaded panes. Ground floor left-hand window (to larger room) is 3-lights. C19
plank door to right of centre under C20 thatched porch hood supported on timber
posts at front. At rear, adjoining projecting stack is staircase projection to its
left.
Interior remains unspoilt with a number of original features. Close studded
partition to left-hand, heated room, door to which is of 2 fielded panels.
Insubstantial closely spaced beams with beaded edges. Several original plank doors
with strap hinges on first floor and 2 similar close-studded partitions. Roof space
not inspected but high ceiling level on first floor with no projecting trusses
suggests fairly insubstantial straight principals. This cottage is an unusually
unspoilt example of its period.

Listing NGR: SX8874768763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458085

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)