Description

WEST STAFFORD SY 7289

16/195 Praps Cottage and The Gardens 26.1.56 (formerly listed as Pair of Cottages 20 yards south of Church

GV II

Pair of semi detached, but not identical cottages. Probably C18. Plastered cob walls on rubble stone base. Thatched roofs. Brick stacks, one at left end of Praps Cottage, one near centre, and one at right end of The Gardens. 2 storeys. Praps Cottage has panelled door. Ground floor has 4 casements with glazing bars, one in a blocked doorway. First floor has 3 similar casements. The Gardens has raised plaster quoins at right end. One casement with glazing bars on each floor. Right of the house a plastered cob wall with entrance gate into yard. Entrance to house in end wall. At the rear, a later range of brick, with thatched roof - parallel to the front range. This extended to right in C20 in brick and thatch, at first floor level; the ground floor open, as a covered way, on stone piers. (RCHM Monument 8. Dorset Vol II)

Listing NGR: SY7253189599

External Links

• Wikidata Q26609357

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)