Description

BIDEFORD
SS42SW
842-1/3/49

BUCKLAND ROAD (South side)

Jennett's Cottage

22/02/88

II

Cottage, believed to have been built for a gamekeeper on the Moreton House estate. Early C19 with late C20 additions. Painted stone rubble and cob. Thatched roof. Rendered chimney, barely visible above the thatch. Two room plan with winder stair in rear wall. One storey with garret. Cottage ornee style. Centre doorway with window at either side. Two dormers in the thatch, the windows with cranked heads. Thatch sweeps down over a verandah supported on rough tree trunks stripped of their bark. Opposite the door the verandah breaks forward to form a small porch with gabled roof. Windows have late C20 plain wood casements. Late C20 wing to right, designed in same style as original. Late C20 conservatory to left.

INTERIOR not inspected, but previous list description mentions 'Tight winder stair from main room with rebuilt open fire; fireplace in left room has rough bressumer beam built in at high level in wall.'

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 February 2016.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571855

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)