Description

PITMINSTER CP
ST21NW
BLAGDON HILL
10/97 Julia Cottage
GV
II
Cottage. Probably C16, restoration dated 1837, refenestrated late C20. Roughcast, slate
hung south gable end, double Roman tiled roof, half-hipped south gable end, pair of
abutting roughcast stacks above entrance, one set below apex of roof. Plan: possibly
gable entry 2-cell, enlarged one room left forming lobby entry, outshot at rear
extended north as simple storey range linking Old School House(qv).One and a half storeys,
1:2 bays, all late C20 metal windows of poor, unsympathetic design, C20 door between
first and second bays left, Hall stone plaque above inscribed "Julia Cottage 1837".
Interior not accessible at time of survey, but thought to contain features of interest.
1837 was the date that Mrs Welman built the chapel (qv) and school house to the north.
Julia Cottage, possibly named after one of her step-daughters, was perhaps the Manse
or school master's house.

Listing NGR: ST2114118824

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472342

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living