Description

SS 21 SW MORWENSTOW COOMBE

3/91 House adjoining north end of
29.9.61 Hawker's Cottage including
front garden walls and gateway
GV II

House. C17 origins. Colourwashed and plastered, probably cob on stone plinth,
wheat straw thatched roof gabled at right end, right gable end stone chimney partly
rebuilt in brick. Single depth plan. At one time cottage may have been workshop
with living accommodation above, cloam oven to first floor fireplace. Present plan
2 rooms wide with stair in ground floor room left. C19 lean-to projection at front
right, further C19 lean-to adjoins right gable end. 2 storeys. 3-window front
with gabled timber porch with raking sides and arched head. Ground floor window
left 2-light C19 casement, 6 panes per light; ground floor window to left of porch
similar. Ground floor window right 2-light C20 transomed window, 12 panes per
light. First floor casements C19: left, 2-light, 8 panes per light; middle, 3-
light, 4 panes per light; right, 2-light, 3 panes per light. Ground floor room
right has slate floor, 3 cross beams and renewed fireplace with plain granite
lintel. Ground floor room left has 2 cross beams and axial ceiling beams. Stair
has late C17 splat balusters. First floor room right has large fireplace with
roughly chamfered fireplace beam and cloam oven. Collar rafter roof with collars
pegged into principals, principals halved and pegged at apex. Closed truss above
wall to right of stairs.
Rubble stone garden wall with raised section with ovolo moulded caps each side of
C19 gabled gateway. Ovolo moulded caps may be from Stowe House, dismantled 1739.

Listing NGR: SS2093211785

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26524894

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)