Description

SIDMOUTH TROW
ST 18 NE HIGHER THORN COTTAGE
15/309
II
Cottage. Late C15 or early C16 with early C17 and C19 alterations.
Alterations and additions 1987. Stone and flint rubble, thatched roof
half hipped at ends, brick ridge stack. Two storeys. Originally a four
bay hall house with upper cruck frames set in cob walls. Central hall of
two bays with screens passage at east end. The east bay demolished and
replaced in C19 by a single storey lean-to addition now replaced (1987)
by a new bay to match existing externally. Early C17 floor and stack
inserted in hall on the line of the screens. On the north side a wing
extension added 1987 for new entrance lobby and staircase. Externally,
doorway to screens passage with quoined jambs and timber lintol re-opened.
C20 two light casements: 2 to left of doorway and 4 on first floor, 3
light casement to right of doorway. A sloping buttress in brick to right
of doorway. Similar C20 casements in north and east walls. Interior: In
hall to left of fireplace, a timber framed arched doorway with post and
muntin panels surviving from medieval screen. Early C17 cross beamed
ceiling inserted in hall: heavily chamfered beams with broached stops,
exposed joists. Partition between hall and ground floor room in west bay
removed and beam supported by a central post. Inglenook fireplace in hall,
with later inserted bread oven, has elaborately moulded bressumer and
left hand jambs post. Right hand post removed or obsured when the south
wall widened internally. The west bay, now part of hall, has exposed
lateral bridging beam and exposed joists. Doorway to screens passage on
north side with S shaped posts and lintol over, now entered from C20
entrance lobby. On first floor partly exposed raised jointed crucks with
purlins at wall top level. A timber framed partition inserted under the
western cruck truss. Evidence of earlier window openings in the north
wall.

Listing NGR: SY1542289274

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26575647

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  For the Record
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)