Description

THURLESTONE WEST BUCKLAND
SX 64 SE
4/175 May Cottage
26.1.67
G. V. II

House. C17 probably altered in C20. Rendered rubble walls which may incorporate
some cob. Thatch roof gabled to left end and hipped to right. Projecting
rendered rubble stack with brick shaft at left gable end, similar stack not
projecting at right-hand end.
Plan: originally 3-room-and-through-passage plan, lower end probably to the
right. Hall heated by front lateral stack now blocked off. C19 outshut added in
front of left-hand room.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1 window front, 4 to the ground floor of C20
small-paned 1 and 2-light casements. C20 gabled porch to right of centre with
glazed door. In front of left-hand end is a C19 outshut and immediately to its
right is the truncated projecting lateral stack.
Interior: inaccessible at time of survey but may contain original features such
as ceiling beams and fireplaces.

Listing NGR: SX6757043603

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593038

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)