Description

MAMHEAD
SX 98 SW

5/306 Nos. 1 & 2 Ivy Cottages

II

Pair of Estate Cottages. Circa mid C19 with C20 alterations. Red sandstone,
thatched roof, gabled at ends ; axial stack to main block, axial stacks to wings.
Plan: Approximately U plan : a central block with crosswings that project futher to
the front than the rear, rear on to the road. Although the cottages appear to be one
build the slightly shorter front right wing is probably later. and is an adaptation of
a workshop (blocked arch in rear wall).
Exterior: 2 storeys. Approximately symmetrical front, the gabled ends of the
crosswings to left and right, 2 windows in the centre; C20 front door through C20
lean-to porch to left; second front door through slated lean-to to right. Eaves
thatch gabled over 2 dormers with curly bargeboards in the centre, casement windows
to the ends of the wings, all glazed with late C20 plastic casements with small
panes. The rear elevation, facing the road, is slightly recessed in the centre
between the wings which have pierced curly bargeboards to each gable : gabled dormer
in the centre, small pane plastic C20 casements with concrete architraves, some of
the openings pr.obably C20. Blocked doorway to right hand wing, blocked archway to
left-hand wing.
Interior: Not inspected.

MARGINAL

Listing NGR: SX9397981867

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618666

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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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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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]