Description

SX 86 NW IPPLEPEN
2/110 Bilver Cottage
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- II
Cottage. Circa late C17 with C20 alterations and extension. Rendered rubble walls.
Gable ended slate roof. Rendered rubble gable end stack at left end.
Originally 2-room and through-passage plan, each room heated by gable end stack.
Newel stair rising beside stack in right-hand room. C20 leanto extension added
along rear wall. Passage removed to enlarge left-hand room. Fireplace removed from
right-hand room to insert window.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, 1 window on first floor, all C20 casements
with glazing bars. 2-light to ground floor left and first floor and 1 light to
right on ground floor. C20 plank door to left of centre set back into wall under
slate porch hood. Late C20 single storey extension at right end.
Interior: each principal room has a heavy cross beam with narrow unstopped chamfer.
In the left-hand room there is also a half-beam with mortices for a stud partition.
Wooden newel stairs (treads renewed) in right-hand room. The 2 C17 roof trusses
survive which have curved feet, threaded purlins and collars halved onto the
principals with notched dovetail joint.

Listing NGR: SX8336165950

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458167

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)