Description

WHIMPLE
SY 09 NW
5/199 Burnthouse Cottage, Little Thatch
- and Thatch End Cottage

GV II

3 cottages, formerly estate workers cottages belonging to the Strete Raleigh estate
(q.v). C17 or C18 origins, thoroughly refurbished in the late C19, modernised circa
1980. Plastered walls, variously brick, cob and stone rubble; stone rubble and
brick stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick and the west end stack has tall Tudor-
style divided diagonal stacks with modillion cornices; thatch roof.
Plan: row of 3 cottages facing south with an F-plan. All have 2-room plans.
Burnthouse Cottage is at the right (east) end. It occupies the end room of the main
block which has a projecting gable-end stack and 1-room plan block projecting at
right angles in front to left and partly overlappig a main block room of the centre
cottage, Little Thatch. Both rooms of Little Thatch are in the main block. The
larger left room has a rear lateral stack. Thatch End Cottage occupies the left
(west) end room of the main block which has a rear lateral stack and another 1-room
plan block projecting forward from the left end wnich has an outer lateral stack.
Cottages are 2 storeys with C20 outshots to rear.
Exterior: irregular overall 1:2:1:2 - window front. Burnthouse Cottage has mostly
circa 1980 timber windows with leaded diamond pane effect. The rest are mostly C20
without glazing bars. Moat of the main block first floor windows are half dormers.
All 3 cottages have C20 doors behind similar C20 tile-roofed porches. The main
block roof is hipped both ends. The front blocks are gable-ended with late C19 wavy
bargeboards.
Interiors: have plain carpentry detail where exposed. The crossbeam in the main
block room in Thatch End Cottage has wide chamfers and is possibly C17 or C18. Roof
throughout of late C19 A-frames with nailed lap-jointed collars.

Listing NGR: SY0477795626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618474

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6