Description

PORTLAND

SY6871 PROVIDENCE PLACE, Weston
969-1/4/181 (East side)
16/01/51 No.51
High Croft Cottage
(Formerly Listed as:
WESTON ROAD
No.51
Providence Place)

GV II

Small detached house. C17, much altered C19 and C20. Rendered
stonework, thatched roof. Front to road (W) has broad coped
gable to right, and smaller raised hipped gable to left.
Two-room cross-passage plan, but interior altered in C20. One
storey and attic; 2-windowed. Thatch swept down between and
either side of gables; 6-pane sashes above 6-pane C20 windows
to ground floor. Near centre is small C19 4-panel door, now
glazed, down 2 steps within stone-cheeked porch with flat slab
roof. Back has gable to left with small square light to attic,
and to right a very small eyebrow dormer over a narrow light,
a door, and a small recessed-chamfer light. The C20 wing to
left. Interior not inspected, but reported as substantially
modified in C20.
(Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London:
1970-: 259).

Listing NGR: SY6867671243

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498667

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings