Description

CASTLE COMBE THE STREET
ST 8477
(west side)
6/165 Gables Cottage
(formerly listed as House 7 yds
20.12.60
north of Unicorn Cottage)

GV II

House, C16, rubble stone with stone tiled roof to front and large
rear wall chimney gable. One storey and attic. 3 rebuilt dormer
gables with large timber leaded casements. Ground floor, 4
chamfered C16 timber lintels, one over C18 oak plank door, one over
blocked opening, one broken for 2-light stone mullion window,
unmoulded with leaded lights and one over 3-light timber leaded
casement.
Interior suggests former open hall with 2-storey ends, but centre
possibly floored originally. Left end through passage, centre room
with rear wall fireplace and pyramid-stopped chamfered axial beam.
On left side wall a bracket carved I M 1712. Stair in angle to
right of fireplace part blocking timber Tudor arched opening with
blocked square head opening adjoining, possibly part of a screen.
North end room has C16 coved stone shelf over inserted early C18
small fireplace on south wall. Upper floor has central collar
truss and north end room has windbraces to rear roof slope.

Listing NGR: ST8419877123

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572328

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy