Description

DUNSFORD COTLEY LANE
SX 88 NE
7/49 Dandylands
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GV II

House. Early to mid C17 with C20 alterations. Rendered whitewashed cob on granite
rubble footings; slate roof (formerly thatched), gabled at ends, end stacks right
gable end stack projecting, projecting rear lateral stack.
Probably a single build house, the original plan of 3 rooms and a through passage,
lower end to right, the hall heated by a rear lateral stack. A stair in the inner
room along the rear wall has"been truncated and a C20 stair inserted in the passage.
Rear left and right lean-tos are probably later additions. Pre C19 plans of the
house are said to show a second range at an angle to the present range adjoining the
lower end.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front with a front door to the right with a C20
porch with a segmental pediment; 4 first floor 4-light C17 timber mullioned windows
with octagonal mullions and late C19/early C20 2-pane casements. Ground floor
windows late C19/early C20 3- and 4-light casements, 3 panes per light.
Interior Considerable survival of C17 features. The hall fireplace has granite
ashlar jambs and a chamfered timber lintel with step stops, 2 cross beams have step
stops; the third beam, above the partition to the passage is chamfered and stopped on
both sides, some remains of a plaster cornice. The inner room has a replaced cross
beam, open fireplace with granite ashlar jambs and a chamfered stopped lintel, an
inner room doorway is chamfered with large scroll stops. The lower end room has a
cross beam with bar stops and a fireplace similar to those in the hall and inner
room. The rear door of the passage has been blocked and the screen at the hall side
of the passage made up of C17 panelling including some carved sections. Several
first floor doorways are chamfered and stopped. 5 jointed cruck roof trusses have
cambered collars, threaded purlins and a threaded ridge.
An unusual survival of a probably single-build C17 house with considerable survival
of internal features, described by Alcock as a "very good example" of the period
(Alcock)).
Alcock, undated report.

Listing NGR: SX8513689109

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509832

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)