Description

SS 90 NW BICKLEIGH CHURCH GREEN
5/31 Lilac Cottage and cider house
- adjoining at east
GV II
Cottage. C18 or earlier. Colourwashed rendered stone, the right end wall said to be
cob ; thatched roof, half-hipped at left end, gabled at right end ; rear lateral
stack with brick shaft. The adjoining cider house is stone rubble with a tiled roof.
Plan: Single depth 2 room plan main range with direct entry into the larger heated
right end room ; unheated left end service room ; straight stair against wall between
the 2 rooms. Thatch carried down as catslide roof to small rear outshut which is
triangular on plan. The adjoining cider house has access to a loft at the right
(east) end.
2 storeys. Approximately symmetrical 2 window front with a circa early C20 concrete
block gabled porch, plank front door. 2 first floor 2-light windows with panes of
lapped glass, similar ground floor window right with a segmental head. Ground floor
window left is a circa early C20 addition.
Lilac Cottage is gable on to the road and the left end has 1 first floor 2-light
casement and a small 1-light ground floor window. The irregular rear elevation is
particularly attractive with the thatch of the main roof carried down over the
outshut as a conical rear roof.
Interior Not thoroughly inspected but ground floor right has 1 chamfered cross beam
and other features may survive.
A particularly unspoiled vernacular cottage in a good group at the south end of
Church Green.

Listing NGR: SS9416907077

Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)