Description

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SX8963 COCKINGTON LANE, Cockington 885-1/16/355 (South West side) 20/11/52 Lanscombe Farmhouse and Orchard View (Formerly Listed as: COCKINGTON LANE, Cockington Lanscombe Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse, now 2 cottages. Early C17, possibly earlier, with various later alterations. Plastered cob and stone rubble; stone rubble chimneyshafts topped with brick; thatched roof. PLAN: Originally a 3-room and cross passage plan with alterations when converted to cottages. The passage was probably left (south-east) of centre and south-east end room has large projecting gable-end stack. Centre room, the former hall, has projecting front lateral stack and north-west end room has end stack. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with later rear block and lean to outshuts each end. Irregular 4-window front of various C19 and C20 timber casements, the older ones containing leaded glass. The left cottage doorway is early C17 with moulded oak frame containing fine contemporary studded plank door with applied 12-panel front and ornamental strap hinges. C20 hood continued from roof of projecting hall bay adjacent to right. Right cottage door (to Orchard View) contains C19 door. Roof is gable-ended to left and half-hipped to right. INTERIOR: Inspection limited to ground-floor left end where passage blocked by C19 stair, fireplace has C19 chimneypiece and crossbeam has plain chamfers. Original carpentry and other features are suspected, much of it covered by later plaster. Lanscombe Farm and Orchard View form part of an exceptionally attractive group of listed buildings in an unspoilt village and the adjacent Cockington Park.

Listing NGR: SX8944063736

External Links

• Wikidata Q26569260

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)