Description

DITTISHAM
SX8654-SX8754 MANOR STREET
17/288 DITTISHAM (North side), The
Cider Cottage

GV II

Small House, one of a pair with Myrtle Cottage (qv). Circa mid C19 with
late C20 extensiion at the rear. Roughcast local stone rubble asbestos
slate roof with gabled ends and moulded cast iron gutters. Stone rubble
gable end stacks with tapered tops, slate weathering and louvred yellow
clay pots.
Plan: 2-room plan, each room heated from a gable end stack and originally a
central entrance. In the C20 a front doorway was formed giving access into
the left hand room which became the stair hall and a large extension was
added at the rear.
Exterior: 3-storeys. Symmetrical (but for later left hand doorway) 2-
window south front. C20 2-light casements 2 panes per light. The central
doorway is now a window and the left hand ground floor window has been
replaced by a late C20 glazed door and a large gabled porch with a 4-light
window at the front.
Interior: The circa late C19 straight staircase with turned balusters at
the rear of the left hand entrance hall has probably been moved from the
centre of the house.

Listing NGR: SX8658054809

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610588

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)