Description

SX 64 NE
5/6

BIGBURY
Shoal of Furze

II

Small detached cottage. Early C18, a date of 1701 is in deeds. Cob or white-
washed rubble, exposed rubble stack raised in brick, thatched roof. A small
one-up/one-down cottage with large stack at back gable, the lower end, to road,
hipped. Two storeys, 1 window; 2 steel and one 2-light casements; return,
right, has a small 2-light at each level, and here is an extension (not of
special interest). Left side has thatch swept down over small extra room. C20
door in lean-to porch. Interior has early beams, C20 fireplace, various early
plank doors, and spiral staircase, back left by stacks. Cottage lies on the
edge of a disused quarry. The name is not explained, but the building seems too
small to have been an ale house. It lies beside a disused quarry.

Listing NGR: SX6750848886

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610683

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)