Description

Early 18th century and early 19th century. Pair of single storey cottages. The earlier one (to N) has more steeply pitched roofline; that to S is apparently single cell. Harled exterior; gable ends of original building of whinstone rubble.

E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: single entrance to each cottage; that to right has boarded timber door.

W ELEVATION: 2 windows to each cottage; that to outer right of left cottage is particularly small. Harled wall adjoins at right angles to right of right cottage.

N ELEVATION: small brick and harled lean-to adjoins.

S ELEVATION: single small blocked window to gable end.

12-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roofs. Pair of rubble/coursed rubble gable end stacks with band courses and water tabling to N cottage; hexagonal can to S. Coped coursed rubble gable end stack to S of S cottage.

INTERIOR: not inspected (1998).

Statement of Interest

The steeply pitched roof of the north cottage indicates an early date and that it was thatched. The south cottage is no longer inhabited.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77774852

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)