Survey Data

Reg No

11901810


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical, Social


Original Use

House


In Use As

House


Date

1825 - 1830


Coordinates

276161, 217770


Date Recorded

21/10/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Detached three-bay single-storey cottage, dated 1828, retaining early aspect. Hipped gabled roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stack. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Painted. Cut-stone date stone/plaque. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. 8/8 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening in round-headed recessed panel. Tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Road fronted. Concrete footpath to front.

Appraisal

This cottage is an attractive small-scale building composed on a symmetrical plan and with little superfluous detailing - the building relies on a simple relieving arch and the rhythm of fenestration for visual effect. The lack of ornamentation alludes to the fact that the house was built from donations made by parishioners and on donated land - this is of considerable social and historic importance and indicates an early example of charitable community aid. Many early or original features and materials remain intact, including the small-pane timber windows, a simple timber panelled door, and a slate roof. The house is an attractive addition to the village and forms a pleasant feature in the locality, continuing the street and roof lines of the built environment - it is also part of an integral group of ecclesiastical structures, being located on a corner of the burial ground belonging to the adjacent Catholic church (not included in survey).