Description

SZ57NW
1353-0/6/258

NITON AND WHITWELL
HIGH STREET, Whitwell
(West side)
Nos.1,2 AND 3
Old Church House Cottages

II

2 cottages (Nos 2 & 3 in one ownership) formerly church hall
and parish brewhouse. Late C16, in existence by c1574. Built
of Isle of Wight stone rubble rendered. Slate roof, formerly
thatched, 3 brick chimney- stacks. Right side gable end with
kneelers and mullioned surrounds with hood moulding. 5 C19
casements and 3 plain later doors. Plinth. No. 1 was formerly
a brewhouse for church ales. Interior has square framing and
massive chamfered beam with lambs tongue stops. 1st floor has
a plank door with a carving of a Napoleonic period 3 masted
ship. No. 2 was formerly the parish bakehouse and has a
cambered brick arch to inglenook and arch to bread oven. No 3
has a stone fireplace with 4 centred arch and chamfered beam.
There is documentary evidence of a house on the site in 1370.
This was a church house where meetings were held and ale was
brewed.
(Worsley: History of the Isle of Wight; V C H: 202).

Listing NGR: SZ5210878023

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513901

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy