Description

TALATON
SY 09 NE
6/164 Nos. 1 and 2 Escot Cottages
10.9.82
GV II

Pair of cottages. Mid-late C17, enlarged in the mid-late C19, some C20
modernisation. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble or cob stacks
topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof.
Plan: pair of cottages facing south-east and built down a hillslope. No. 1 is the
rignt (north-eastern) cottage at the downhill end. It has a 3-room plan. An axial
stack between the centre and right rooms serves back-to-back fireplaces. The left
room is small and unheated, some kind of service room. No. 2 to left has a 2-room
plan with an axial stack between. It seems that the cottages were made by dividing
and enlarging a stroll C17 farmhouse which occupied the space between the 2 stacks.
It apparently had a 3-room plan with central service room. The rooms each end were
added in the C19. 2 storeys with secondary leanto brick outshots to rear and C20
extension on the left end.
Exterior: irregular 5-window front overall of C19 and C20 casements with glazing
bars, most of the first floor windows have thatch eyebrows over. Both cottages have
roughly central doorways which contain part-glazed C20 doors with contemporary
porches. The roof is half-hipped each end.
Interior of both cottages is largely the result of C19 and C20 modernisations. Most
of the structural carpentry is plastered over and all the fireplaces are blocked by
C20 grates. However the right room of No. 2 has a deeply chamfered crossbeam and
above the roof is carried on a side-pegged jointed cruck truss. The first floor of
No. 1 was not available for inspection at the time of this survey.

Listing NGR: SY0828597717

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618469

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2