Description

SU 17 SE OGBOURNE ST GEORGE SOUTHEND
7/106 Southend Cottage
GV II
Cottage. Early C17 and early C19. Sarsen with left bay timber
framed and tile hung on sarsen sill. Thatched roof. Single storey
and attic, 4 bays. Three bays to right have two panelled doors
within trellis porches, and 4 flush dormers. All windows C19
timber casements with exposed timber lintels. Left bay probably
part of timber framed house running north-south beyond main stack,
and linking with No 3 Southend (q.v.). Roof half-hipped both ends.
Interior has new fireplace in west bay with attached stair, bearing
date 1699. Billet decoration on moulded handrail. Bolection
fireplace on first floor of west bay, not seen and probably
removed.
(Mercer, E. English Vernacular Houses, p 216-217)

Listing NGR: SU1974373510

Selected Sources

• Mercer, Eric, English Vernacular Houses, (1975), 216-217

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