Description

SX 48 SE CORYTON EASTCOTT

7/61 House adjoining house about 5Uii
- north east of Ireland Farmhouse at
west

GV II

House, now disused, at one time used as 2 cottages. Circa early C18. Rendered cob
on stone, wooden shingle roof gabled at ends, formerly thatched. Left gable end hung
with wooden shingles. Large central stone stack on ridge. The left-hand wall is
partly constructed out of massive unworked pieces of stone. Single depth plan with 2
rooms heated from central stack. 2 storeys. 2-window symmetrical front with windows
to first floor only of front no windows to rear. Plank front doors on front at left
and right. 2 first floor 3-light casements, 3-panes per light, under timber lintels
and with slate sills.
Interior: 2 large fireplaces to stack with timber lintels and cloam ovens. Stone
floor. 2 large unhewn cross beams, exposed axial beams. Pegged collar rafter roof
below C20 roof. Blocked openings on rear suggest that house was in use as a shippon
at one time. Unmodernized house, wooden shingles date from circa 1940.

Listing NGR: SX4745684690

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26617755

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)