Description

SE 70 SE EPWORTH EPWORTH TURBARY

11/66 Little Shambles

- II

Cottage. Mid - late C19 with later additions and alterations. Red brick,
rendered. Pantile roof. Plan: 3-room southern section with adjoining
2-room north section, each with a single entrance to east front; rear
outshut to northern section. Single-storey 3-window southern section to
left with lower single-storey 2-window section to right. Left section has
C20 enclosed timber porch flanked by 4-pane sliding sash to left, 4-pane
casement and 12-pane sliding sash to right; ridge stack to right, end stack
to left. Section to right has board door with two 12-pane sliding sashes to
right, central ridge stack. Parts of Epworth Turbary (commons where peat
turf was formerly collected) were divided in the late C18-C19 into small
plots (usually 1 acre) and let for a low rent, creating a distinct
settlement pattern of intensively farmed smallholdings with very small
cottages, few of which survive in anything like their original form. A
similar process occurred with the turbaries in Haxey (qv), Belton and Crowle
parishes. One of the least altered examples of the small turbary farmhouses
still remaining. Included for historical interest.

Listing NGR: SE7609603518

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26630212

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)