Description

ORCHESTON ORCHESTON ST. MARY
SU 04 NE
(east side)
2/180 Nos 3 and 4 Flood Cottages
GV II
Pair of attached cottages. 1842. Cob, Welsh slate roof with axial
brick stack. 2-storey, 4-window front; half-glazed doors with flat
hoods to left and right, with two C20 casements and two 2-light C19
casements, first floor has two C20 casements and two 2-light C19
casements. To rear is continuous original lean-to to ground floor,
first floor has two 2-light casements. Returns are windowless and
have wavy bargeboards to gables. A large cast-iron plaque on wall
to centre of front first floor, commemorates the building of the
cottages in 1842, following The Great Flood of 1841. One pair of
two in Orcheston; others are in Tilshead (q.v.) and Shrewton, the
latter are not sufficiently unaltered to be listable.

Listing NGR: SU0589045278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26685502

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