Description

DONYATT CP SEA
ST31SW

4/31 Longcroft
(formerly listed in the Civil
Parish of Ilminster Without)
2.8.72
GV II

Detached cottage. Possibly C15, with modification in each successive century. Local stone rendered and colourwashed;
thatched roof, hipped at east end and half-hipped to west; brick chimney stacks. 'L' plan; single-storey with attics,
8-bay north elevation. Casement windows with horizontal bars, of several types, some with internal ferramenta; bays 3,4
and 8 have 3-light windows, bay 6 is 2-light and bay 7 is 5-light; above, windows between bays 1/2, and to bays 3,4,5
and 7, mostly set into roof; boarded doors bays 1,2 and 5, this last being the main entrance, with an old door in heavy
frame. Extending wing on south-west corner, with matching windows and doors in main gable, Interior not seen, but
reported are some sections of cob walling, a through passage plan, plank and auntin partitioning of 2 types, a 9-panel
beamed ceiling to centre root, 2 massive fireplaces, one with oven and curing or drying chamber, and roof trusses which
are mostly jointed crucks, (VAG report, SRO unpublished,June 1973).

Listing NGR: ST3471412977

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469430

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)