History
Probably constructed in the C17 as a 2-unit single storey (or possibly one and a half storey) timber framed cottage. It is subdivided internally into ‘hall’ and service rooms and this plan form is likely to be original and the surviving timber framed partition may also be original. At some point, possibly in the C18 or early C19, the roof was raised to provide a full 2nd storey, the existing windows were also created at this point and the stairs were added. It was also probably clad externally at this time, although the present cladding is likely to be a replacement.
It is shown on a 1816 Ordnance Survey Surveyors’ drawing for the area and detailed on the 1842 Kerry Tithe map as owned by David Davies and occupied by Richard Davies. The Tithe map shows a lean-to against the south gable and an extension on the north end, presumably a barn or cow house but different to the present (collapsed) structure. The 1st edition OS map (1886) shows a larger agricultural extension to the north, similar to the present structure. Presumably at some point in the mid C19 the earlier smaller structure was replaced with the larger structure which has now collapsed.
Exterior
Cottage, timber framed and weather-boarded with oversailed slate roof. Stone S gable with brick stack. Built onto a stone revetted platform, 2-storey, 2-bay offset to L with door at S end. Windows partly survive as small paned casements, smaller to first floor, with timber architrave surrounds and cills. Timber porch to S with 3 steps up. Roughcast S gable with lean to extension. 2 windows to rear (E) elevation. Collapsed barn to N end exposing end timber frame of house with brick panel infill, and the original steeply pitched roof truss of collar and tie-beam trusses with king struts and single purlins.
Interior
2-unit interior with lobby entrance onto the S wall fireplace. Fireplace now partly or largely rebuilt in brick, lined out and obscured. Dog-leg stairs in NW corner. Timber framed stud partition to service end, divided into 2 smaller rooms. Stone flag floor, partly replaced at service end. First floor divided into 2 rooms, cast iron fireplace in S room. S lean-to with cast iron boiler.
Reasons for Listing
Included for its special architectural interest as a rare surviving example of a smaller rural vernacular building type, important despite later alterations for retaining its pre-1700 form and detail. The alterations are themselves historical, and clearly show the development and adaptation of this small rural cottage.
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Recommended Books
London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)