Description

OTTERTON FORE STREET (north side),
SY 0885
Otterton
7/147 Leacroft Cottage and Spinning
- Wheel Cottage
GV II
2 cottages. Probably late C18 - early C19, modernised in late C19 and again circa
1970. Plastered walls, probably cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble or brick
stack topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. Plastered brick outshots with slate roof.
Pair of contemporary 2-room plan cottages facing south-east onto Fore Street,
Leacroft Cottage on the left (south-west) and spinning Wheel Cottage on the right
(north-east). Cottages have similar plans, each a mirror of the other each side of
axial stack in party wall which serves back-to-back fireplaces. Behind the inner
rooms are probably secondary 2-storey outshots.
Although each cottage has a 2-window front of C20 casements about central C20 door.
The fenestration is not symmetrical. Roof is gable-ended and outshots are also
gabled.
Interiors include plain carpentry detail where exposed.
Leacroft Cottage and Spinning Wheel Cottage form an attractive group with the many
ether listed buildings along Otterton Fore Street.

Listing NGR: SY0837885336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500168

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)