Description

NORTH BOVEY NORTH BOVEY
SX 78 SW
4/248 Cherrywood and Littlegate
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23.8.55
GV II

Pair of cottages. Circa late C17 with subsequent extensions. Rendered granite
rubble walls, thatched roof gabled to right ½-hipped to left. 2 rendered stone
stacks with drip-moulds at gable ends, left-hand stack now on axial stack.
Littlegate (right-hand cottage) has 1 heated room with direct entry, C20 extension.
Cherrywood has direct entry into heated room with another room beyond, possibly a
later extension.
2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front of 2-light late C19 casements with glazing
bars, centre right window on 1st floor is one light. C20 plank door to left. To
right are 2 doorways under a single lean-to slate roofed porch giving access to each
cottage through C20 plank door. Cherrywood has slate dripmoulds above ground floor
windows. On left-hand gable end ground floor is canted 3-light bay window supported
on wooden brackets 2 casement windows on lst floor 1-light to the left and 2-lights
to the right. Littlegate has 2 storey C20 extension attached to and set back from
right gable end.
Interior of Littlegate has 1 substantial cross beam, roughly chamfered with no
stops. Roof space not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX7405383864

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618916

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6