Description

SX 69 NE SOUTH TAWTON LANGDOWN CROSS

1/293 Pair of cottages at Langdown
Cross

GV II

Pair of cottages. Late 1900. Local stone rubble laid to rough courses with granite
ashlar quoins; stone or brick stacks with brick chimneyshafts; slate roof with
pierced crested ridgetiles.
Plan: pair of contemporary cottages facing south-east. Each is a mirror plan of the
other. The centre part breaks forward being 2 rooms deep, each cottage 1 room wide
either side of an axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces. Each cottage has a
third room in a room with rear lateral stack projecting outwards from the rear room.
Each has an entrance porch in the angle between the rooms. 2 storeys with probably
integral outshots across the rear.
Exterior: symmetrical front. Only the projecting centre contains front windows, 1
to each cottage, all original casements with glazing bars and the first floor ones
are gabled half dormers with plain bargeboards. Lean-to porches in the angles
containing plain plank doors. The roof over the central part is tall and hipped
both ends and the outer wings are gable-ended. Further windows in the end walls.
Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX6759096760

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26611582

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)