Description

TAWSTOCK TAWSTOCK
SS 52 NE
4/91 Shorts Cottage (formerly listed
- as The Cottage)
25.2.65
GV II

Cottage. Late Cl7
roof raised and replaced in C20. Rendered stone rubble and cob.
Concrete tiled roof with gable ends. Corrugated asbestos roof to rear outshut.
Brick stack at left end and brick stack with moulded cap set just off the ridge.
Single room to each side of through-passage, the hall to right heated by stack
backing onto through-passage and containing the staircase running up beside the
front wall. C19 continuous outshut to rear and small lean-to at right end.
2 storeys. 2 window range. C19/C20 fenestration. 2 light casements, 8 panes per
light on each floor to right and 6 panes per light over 15 panes per light to left
of doorway with C19 timber architrave with shaped lintel encasing a C17 door
surround. C17 ledged door of 3 planks with cover strips.
Interior C17 chamfered door surround with worn scroll-stopped durns to
hall/through-passage doorway. Old joinery to hall with H-L hinges. C19 range in
hall fireplace made by James Tucker of Barnstaple.

Listing NGR: SS5553329867

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545491

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)