Description

DUNSFORD BRITON STREET LANE, (east side),
SX 88 NW Dunsford

6/37 Doone Cottage
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GV II

House. Circa late C17. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble footings, thatched
roof gabled at ends, axial stack, right gable end stack.
Small 3 room and through passage plan house the lower end to the right, the hall
stack backing on to the passage, heated lower end room, and unheated inner room. At
one time divided into 2 cottages but now 1 property.
2 storeys. Irregular 3-window front, the eaves thatch eyebrowed over the 2 first
floor half-dormers. Centre right front door into passage, second half-glazed door
into lower end to the right. 2- and 3-light casement windows with small panes except
ground floor right where the small panes have been replaced.
Interior Large hall fireplace partly blocked by C20 range, lower end fireplace
blocked by a C20 grate. The lower end room (right) has a chamfered cross beam with
stops, chamfered cross beam to passage, exposed joists to inner (left-hand) room. A
newel stair in the lower end room has been replaced by a later stair, second winder
stair in inner room. C17 chamfered doorway between hall and inner room and 2 early
doors.
No access to apex of roof at time of survey (1985) but the trusses over the lower end
appear to be C17, the roof over the higher end may have been replaced.
An attractive small C17 house forming a group with other listed properties in Briton
Street Lane.

Listing NGR: SX8132389086

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509723

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)