Description

SS 90 NW BICKLEIGH BELL HILL, Bickleigh
5/13 Nos 2 and 3 Bell Cottages
GV II
2 cottages, formerly 1 house. Circa late C16/early C17. Whitewashed and rendered ;
thatched roof with plain ridge, half-hipped at right end, adjoining No 1 (q.v.) at
left end ; front lateral stack, rear lateral stack.
The original plan is not entirely clear but may have been a 2 room and through
passage arrangement (rear door opposed to blocked doorway on front) with a
hall/kitchen to the right, heated from the rear lateral stack and a parlour to the
left heated from the front lateral stack. However, there are some unanswered
questions to the internal arrangements : the relationship between this building and
No 2 is unclear and the cross wall between the 2 rooms is surprisingly close to the
left hand jamb of the rear wall fireplace. No 3, to the right, may originally have
been 2 rooms wide with a very narrow room to the right. Later lean-to adjoins at
right end with a tiled roof.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front, the front wall blank to the left of the
stack. C20 glazed front door to No 3 to right of centre; blocked doorway to putative
passage to right of the front lateral stack. C20 timber casements.
Interior No 3 (to the right) has an open fireplace with stone rubble jambs and a
pyramid stopped lintel ; a chamfered axial beam with scroll stops extends as far as
the straight stair, to right of centre of the room. No 2 has a chamfered scroll-
stopped cross beam and C20 grate. Adjoining the left end of No 2 is a small square
stone room (flying freehold with No 7), said to have been a lock-up.
Roof: Straight principal rafters visible in the first floor rooms.
Part of a thatched group on Bell Hill.

Listing NGR: SS9407707191

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26684806

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)