Description

WITHIEL WITHIEL
SW 96 NE
3/162 Lavender Cottage and Withiel Post
- Office

GV II

Pair of attached houses. Circa mid - late C18, with some later alterations and
additions. Granite rubble. Slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends. Gable end
stacks and axial stack with brick shafts.
Plan: Lavender Cottage is to left, of 2-room plan, each room heated from a gable end
stack ; the stack to right is in an axial position. Withiel Post Office is to right,
of one-room plan, with entrance to left and the room to right, heated from a gable
end stack to right.
Exterior: Lavender Cottage is 2-storey, symmetrical 2-window front; all windows are
C20 12-pane lights, with segmental arches at ground floor. Central C20 plank door.
At the left side is a single storey rendered lean-to, probably originally a
kitchen/scullery, with C20 window to front and large stack at the left side.
Withiel Post Office is 2-storey, asymmetrical 2-window front; all windows are C19 4-
pane sashes with cambered brick arch to the window at ground floor to right. C20
half-glazed door and small single light to left. C19 single storey addition at the
right side with C20 window to front.
Interior: Not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW9947065414

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26597980

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)