Description

SX 79 SW DREWSTEIGNTON

5/66 Torhill Cottage

II

Cottage. Probably early C19, renovated and enlarged circa 1965. Plastered cob on
stone rubble footings; disused stone rubble stack; thatch roof.
Plan: originally a 2-room plan cottage facing south. The larger right (east) room
has a disused gable-end stack. 1-room plan extension of circa 1960 on left end.
2 storeys.
Exterior: regular but not symmetrical 3-window front of circa 1965 casements
without glazing bars. Ground floor left window is converted to a French window.
Doorway has been moved from the centre to the left of the original cottage and
contains a C20 door and contemporary shingle roofed porch. Another similar door and
porch on the side of the extension. Main roof is has a steeply pitched half hip to
left. Extension is flat-roofed.
Interior: has plain carpentry detail where exposed.
Torhill Cottage lies close by the main A30 which at this point is embanked and
therefore the traffic passes close to the thatch roof.

Listing NGR: SX7071692580

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26593300

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