Description

SS 70 NE
5/183

MORCHARD BISHOP
POLSON HILL, Frost
Fernside

GV
II

House. C18. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks with C19 brick chimney
shafts; thatched roof. 2-room with central through-passage plan cottage facing
south-west. Left (north-west) passage partition removed this century. End stacks.
2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 3-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars,
most copies of C19 casements. Central doorway contains C20 glass door and C20 hood
with corrugated plastic roof supported on raking struts. A West of England
Insurance Company plaque is set high in the wall between central and left hand first
floor windows. Roof is hipped each end.
Interior: both ground floor rooms have plain chamfered cross beams and blocked
fireplace. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS7715806818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542667

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)