Description

WEYMOUTH

SY68SE NOTTINGTON LANE, Nottington
873-1/2/450 (West side)
14/06/74 Pear Tree Cottage, Thornleigh,
Mallard Cottage, Orchard Cottage and
front wall
(Formerly Listed as:
NOTTINGTON LANE, Nottington
The Orchard, Newburys, Thornleigh,
Pear Tree)

II

Terrace of 4 cottages. Dated 1819. Rubble, slate roof. The
group reads as 3 houses, but the central door gives to an
internal lobby with entries to each side.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 6 windows, all 4-pane sash in flush
moulded boxes, probably replacing original 16-pane sashes.
Between each pair of lights, on 2 stone steps, the panelled
doors; the end units have single doors, and the centre unit a
narrow pair. Orchard Cottage has an ogee tent hood on a
trellis porch. There are 3 ridge stacks, opposite the
doorways. The left, hipped end, has been restructured, and is
rendered, but the right (N) gable has a raised and coped
parapet with a ball finial. It has a flush elliptical stone
panel inscribed S/ T-F/ 1819, above two 12-pane sashes at each
level.
The rear has a lean-to below 2-light casements; Orchard
Cottage has two 2-light casements, and various flat-roofed
extensions.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: across the full frontage of the cottages
is a rubble boundary wall at the street edge, approx 1m high
to a weathered stone coping, and with short return walls to
stone steps opposite each of the doorways.

Listing NGR: SY6609482476

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619120

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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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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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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)