Description

ZEALS FANTLEY LANE
ST 73 SE
(east side)
6/183 The Swiss Cottage
GV II
Detached house. Late C19. Rockfaced limestone with brick
dressings to ground floor, timber-framing with brick nogging to
first floor, tiled roof with ceramic ridge cresting, diagonally-set
brick stacks. Single-storey and attic. T-plan. Original porch
with diamond glazing and half-glazed door in south angle between
wing and south range, single-light and 2-light cast-iron casements
to right, one gabled dormer with 2-light casement and finial to
gable. Wing projecting to left has 3-light casement to ground
floor, square bay and to jettied attic bay with gable. Range to
left has single-light casement. Left return has ground floor 3-
light casement and jettied attic with gable and 3-light casement.
Right return has similar windows to ground floor and jetty over;
all casements are cast-iron. Rear has no windows, single-storey
extension with slate roof. Interior not accessible at time of
survey (October 1986). Said to have been built by the Chafyn-
Grove family of Zeals House (q.v.), an excellently preserved
example of this genre.

Listing NGR: ST7809631452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424040

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)