Description

DITTISHAM SX9654-SX8754 MANOR STREET 17/289 DITTISHAM (North side), Dart Cottage and Higher Dart

GV II

House, divided into 2 houses. Circa 1835, divided into 2 houses in late C20. Stuccoed, probably stone rubble, painted ashlar plinth; slate hung at the back. Asbestos slate hipped roof with black glazed ridge tiles. Tuncated stacks. Plan: Double depth plan with 2 principal front rooms and a central entrance passage leading to a straight staircase at the back. The shallow service rooms behind the front rooms may be a later C19 addition. In the late C20 the house was divided into 2 dwellings, the right hand partition of the entrance passage was removd and a doorway was formed at the left hand end of the front into the newly formed right hand house (Higher Dart). Exterior: 2 storeys and blasement. Symmetrical 3-window south front. All original C19 12-pane sashes. Central doorway with original C19 6-panel door, the bottom 2 panels flush and reeded; rectangular overlight with diamond patterned glazing bars; 3 steps up to the doorway have limestone treads and there is a C19 cast-iron boot-scraper to the left set into the wall. The late C20 panelled door to the left of the front into the second house (Higher Dart). The hatch into the cellar to the right of the front has a C20 plank door. The right hanbd end has stuccoed quoins and a C20 12-pane sash on the first floor. The rear elevation is slate-hung and has C19 sashes with margin panes. Interior: Only the interior of Dart Cottage to the right, was inspected. It has the original C19 straight staircase with stuck balusters, turned column newel and a moulded hand rail and the fireplace in the right hand room has its original simple C19 moulded chimneypiece.

Listing NGR: SX8659254803

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