Description

WHITSTONE THORNE
SX 29 NE
7/91 Rose Cottage and Outbuilding
adjoining at north

II

Cottage. C17 with C20 rear addition and right front lean-to. Plastered cob with
rag slate roof. Brick chimney on stone base. Right gable end of outbuilding (now
used as part of accommodation) clad in corrugated iron. Single cell cottage with
single-storey addition to rear and present entrnce through leanto with asbestos
roof. 2-storey outbuilding adjoining at north end. Cottage has 2 storey, 2 window
front: ground floor window 3 light casement with glazing bars; first floor window
right similar; first floor window left, 2 light casement with glazing bars. Ground
floor room has slate floor, sawn ceiling beams and massive fireplace with cloam
oven, granite jambs and fireplace beam with ovolo moulding and scroll stops.
Principals have trenched purlins and pegged collars, 1 collar largely unhewn,
apparently with both trunk and branch fixed to the principal. Lower end of cottage
retains continuous timber lintel at first floor level; 3 ground floor openings, 1
unglazed; 1 larger unglazed opening to first floor.

Listing NGR: SX2739499348

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613602

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)