Description

TL 98 SW
8/72

BRETTENHAM
SHADWELL
The Dairy immediately North East of Dairy Cottage

GV II

Estate dairy. Circa 1840-42 and probably contemporary with the 1840-42 remodelling by Edward Blore of Shadwell Court qv. Plastered clay lump on flint and brick plinth (most of the plaster has been broken off). Thatched roof hipped at front with small gablet and gabled at rear.
Plan: T-shaped on plan with front room in stem of the T surrounded by rustic colonnade, and behind there are 2 smaller rooms in the bar of the T. The left hand rear room has a later stack on the back wall. There is a doorway at the front giving direct entry into the front room; a doorway at the back and a doorway into the side of the rear left hand room.
Cottage ornee style.
Exterior: 1 storey Symmetrical front. The deep eaves of the thatched roof are supported on rustic tree trunks forming a verandah at the front and sides; the verandah at the front has collapsed. Central arched doorway with plank door and wrought-iron hinges flanked by single-light windows with cast iron diamond pane casements. Large wooden casements at rear; a plank door between and a tall brick stack to the right.
Interior: Not inspected but is said to have "original range of slate bedded work surfaces intact."
Sources: M Girouard, Country Life, 2nd and 9th July 1964. National Buildings Record photographs taken in 1966.

Listing NGR: TL9345083257

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567057

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