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Bishop's Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Allington, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1545 / 51°9'16"N

Longitude: -1.7094 / 1°42'33"W

OS Eastings: 420421

OS Northings: 139516

OS Grid: SU204395

Mapcode National: GBR 50D.DNN

Mapcode Global: VHC31.B75R

Plus Code: 9C3W573R+R6

Entry Name: Bishop's Cottage

Listing Date: 29 May 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1355674

English Heritage Legacy ID: 319916

ID on this website: 101355674

Location: Allington, Wiltshire, SP4

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Allington

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Allington with Boscombe St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

Tagged with: Cottage Thatched cottage

Description


ALLINGTON WYNDHAM LANE SU 23 NW (north-east side) 4/18 Bishop's Cottage II

Farmhouse now house. Late C18 on site of earlier building destroyed by fire. Colourwashed flint with brick quoins and banding on a brick sill. Thatched roof. Two storeys, 3 bays. Central door replaced by window, all windows C19 paired casements within segmental headed openings. Boarded door in lean-to on left, enclosed in glass porch. Offsetting brick courses at eaves. Gable stacks. Continuous lean-to at rear, formerly dairy, and rear wing on left now containing kitchen. Interior altered, original kitchen probably in left bay fireplace. Spine beam to living room. Wattle and daub partitions on first floor. Original stair was in outshut. Building was built by a Richard Bishop, bricklayer, who acquired the site in 1789 and sold the house in 1804. (R.C.H.M. Survey)

Listing NGR: SU2042139516

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