Description

SY 39 NE WHITCHURCH CANONICORUM WHITCHURCH VILLAGE

2/184 Cothays Farmhouse
7.8.52
G.V. II

Farmhouse. C16 with later alterations. Rubble walls washed, and some new
brick quoins. Thatch roof with gable end at left hand and large hip at right
hand, with catslide roof over later carriage-house. Main stack on original rear
wall, projecting and with moulded plinth. L-plan house, the small rear wing
towards the lane. Cross-passage, with original kitchen at south-east end of
house. South elevation: 1½ storeys. 5 windows to main range, wooden
casements with glazing bars, some renewed, mainly of 2 lights, one of 3 lights.
Front door, right of centre, wood C20.
Interior: cross-passage formerly at south end. Partition wall
of muntins with C20 brick nogging, into hall. Integral 2-centred doorway.
Hall fireplace: stone with Tudor-arch head and moulded jambs. Spandrels with
carvings of an axe (left) and a knife (right). Straight deep-chamfered beams,
C16. "RCHM Dorset In, p 264 (6).

Listing NGR: SY3978795293

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26575843

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5