Description

SS9047 SELWORTHY CP ALLERFORD

23/72
Myrtle Cottage
22.5.69

GV II

Semi-detached cottage. Possibly C17, altered late C18 and mid C20. Red sandstone random rubble, steeply pitched triple
Roman tiled roof with bell cast, coped verge right, chamfered corner to junction of facade and gable end, large
external stepped stack right gable end with slate-roofed bread oven projection in angle. Plan: 2-cell and cross
passage, entrance resited at rear. Two storeys, 3 bays first floor leaded casements flanking pointed arch leaded iron
casement, Gothick tracery head, large diamond leaded panes, ground floor 4 C20 2 and 3-light wooden casements, left 2
under brick lintels, right 2 wooden lintels. Centre 2 windows possibly blocked doorway. Entrance at rear. Interior not
seen. Abuts The Three Bears (qv) to left. Probably converted to 2 dwellings in C18-C19. (Photograph in NMR).

Listing NGR: SS9041447022

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629036

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)