Description

SX 98 NE WOODBURY EXTON

1/108 Nos 3 & 4
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GV II

Pair of cottages. C17 with later additions and alterations. Roughcast cob on
stone footings; thatched roof, gable-end to left, hipped to right. Probably a 2-
room cottage with central entry extended to the right by addition of one room in
the C18 or C19. External left-hand end strack; axial stack; later internal all
brick stack to right-hand end. 2 storeys.
Front: irregular 2 window range. 1st floor with 4-light window to left, and a 3-
light (originally 2-light) window to right, both casements, under eyebrow eaves.
Two 3-light casement windows to ground floor; 2 porches, one thatched, both late
C20. Late C20 brick extension to rear.
Interior: 2 deeply chamfered cross beams to left-hand cottage; shallow chamfered
axial beam to right-hand cottage. Roof trusses to the older part with curved
principals that sit well down in wall, now boxed but could be jointed crucks;
straight principals to the right-hand cottage. Roof space not accessible. Nos. 3
and 4, Exton, form part of a group of roughly contemporary cottages that includes
Orchard Cottage (q.v.) and Brooke Cottage (q.v.)

Listing NGR: SX9844086273

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26459645

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Wiltshire (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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6