Description

SS 90 SW THORVERTON
8/105 Hazel Cottage and Raddon Cottage
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GV II
2 adjoining cottages, originally a farmhouse. Circa mid/late C17. Whitewashed
rendered cob and stone rubble ; thatched roof hipped at left end of main range, half-
hipped at right end, gabled at end of wing ; projecting lateral volcanic stone stack
with stone shaft (partly dismantled), projecting end stack to wing.
Plan Overall L plan, the main range (Raddon Cottage) on a west-east axis with a
north-south wing (Hazel Cottage) at the west end. The original plan is not entirely
clear : the early core of the main range is single depth and was probably at one time
1 heated room to the left (possibly the C17 hall) and a narrower unheated service
room to the right. The ground floor is now 1 room on plan with an entrance at the
right hand, a blocked doorway to the left of the lateral stack may have been the
original entrance. The stack has a rectangular projecting bread oven. The north-
south wing has a heated room at the front (south) end and an unheated and formerly
windowless room at the north end (under the east-west roofline). The centre room has
been repartitioned. C20 single-storey rear addition to main range.
Exterior 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1 plus 2 window front; entrance to Raddon Cottage
at the extreme right, C20 front door with gabled porch canopy, 2-light casement with
sqaure leaded panes above. To the left the front elevation is slightly set back with
a 3-light ground floor casement in a C17 chamfered oak frame with chamfered mullions.
The stack, to the left, has set-offs and the rectangular bread oven is thatched. The
south end of the wing (Hazel Cottage) has a projecting rounded rendered stack with
slate drip ledges and 1 first floor and 1 ground floor casement window. The left
return has 2 entrances, 1 into the northernmost room, which is slightly set back, and
1 into a narrow passage. 2 first floor and 1 ground floor C18 sliding sashes with
glazing bars, other casements later.
Interior Raddon Cottage has 2 chamfered cross beams, 1 with a step stop and a
fireplace with ovolo-moulded volcanic jambs and an ovolo-moulded lintel which does
not match the width between the jambs. Hazel Cottage has a scoll-stopped cross beam
to the heated room, modern grate possibly conceals earlier features.
Roof The roof trusses of Hazel Cottage are pegged collar rafter with x apexs, the
west-east range trusses are similar but redundant rafters suggest that the north
south wing may be secondary to the main range.
The building was formerly known as Way Farm. A lease of 1680 exists between Roger
Tuckfield of Raddon Court and John Norrish of Thorverton, "Sopeboiler" who was to pay
rent on ways tenement of 8s, a capon or 15d and harvest day or 16d.
DRO, 21/37/18/1.
An attractive thatched building on a prominent roadside site in Raddon.

Listing NGR: SS9168901899

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533111

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)