Description

CODFORD HIGH STREET, Codford St Mary
ST 93 NE
(off south side)
7/61 The Cottage
GV II
Detached house. C17, extended to north c1700, services rebuilt mid
C19. Square-panelled timber-framing with rendered wattle and daub
panels to C17 range, early C18 range in dressed limestone, C19
brick and rubble stone wing, thatched roof with coped verge to
north and hip to south. L-plan; 2-bay timber-framed build with
stone fire bay and one-bay c1700 to north and C19 wing to south
west. Two-storey, 2-window west front. Four-panelled door with
wooden porch with crude Ionic columns, 2-light casement to right
and 3-light wood mullioned casement to first floor of timber-framed
build, stone range to left has 3-light mullioned casement to both
floors and string course. Left return has blocked chamfered light
to attic. Rear has 3-light mullioned casement to ground and first
floors of stone build, 2-light and 3-light ground floor casements
to timber-framed build, 3-light casement to first floor left and
oriel on carved wooden brackets with leaded casements to right.
C19 service wing has planked door and two segmental-headed 2-light
casements to ground floor, two 2-light first floor casements,
external rendered stack to gable end. Rear of wing has planked
door and first floor oriel with casements.
Interior: Two-bay C17 range has chamfered beams with stepped
stops, open fireplace with chamfered lintel on chamfered stone
jambs with bar stops, door with 2 moulded panels to ground floor.
Timber-framed former external wall exposed between C17 range and
services, retaining blocked 3-light wood mullioned window. Parlour
of c1700 has stone fireplace surround with chamfered jambs and
lintel, window shutters with fielded panels and door with 2 fielded
panels. First floor has chamfered beams and planked doors, tongue
and groove partitions. Plain collar and tie-beam roof of light
scantling over C17 range. A little altered example of a house of
several phases.

Listing NGR: ST9721439597

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26646105

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990