Description

SW 72 NW CONSTANTINE VICARAGE TERRACE, Constantine

8/118 No 8 (formerly listed as Cottage
30 yards North of Church)

10.7.57

GV II

Small house. Circa late C18 or early C19. Whitewashed granite rubble with dressed
granite quoins and lintels. Thatched roof with gabled ends. Red brick end stacks,
larger stack at left end.
Plan: 2-room plan both rooms heated from gable end stacks, and with a central
entrance. The larger left-hand room was probably the kitchen ; direct entry into
this room through the central doorway but originally there may have been a central
passage leading to the staircase at the back. The 2 rooms were possibly subdivided
originally with shallow unheated service rooms at the back.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 2 window range. Circa mid C19 sashes with
margin glazing bars. Central doorway with a C20 glazed and panelled door.
Interior: Exposed ceilings joists in both ground floor rooms and a timber winder
stairs at the back.
This is the only surviving thatched building in Constantine village.

Listing NGR: SW7307629141

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555141

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock