Description

CHEDWORTH PANCAKE HILL
SP0611-0711
(Lower Chedworth)
12/267 Shrove Cottage

GV II

Formerly two cottages. now one detached house. Early C18. extended and roof raised C19:
many C20 window replacements. Mainly limestone rubble, some coursed and squared to
original front; stone slate roof. A symmetrical 2-storey, 2-window cottage extended
one bay right, with gabled wash-house at right angles, left and parallel with ridge,
right; lean-to at left, one-storey, and late C20 glazed porch, right. A one-room thick
cottage set against ground slope with in-windowed back: interior much modified from
original plan. Ground floor has two 5-light recessed chamfer stone-mullioned casements
with some early leading. flanking C20 glazed door under deep plain stone lintol. To
right a 2-light wood casement in former door opening, and a 3-light casement, both to
wood lintols. First floor has 5-light C20 wood casements; to right of central door is
a 2-light stone mullioned window to cellar. Left lean-to has wide plank door, then at
right angles wash-house with door and window. Right end has gabled wash-house with 2
casements, and C20 glazed door and porch. Gables plain stone ashlar stack, left. Back
plain, two lay-lights in roof plane. Interior has deep stone-checked bressomer left.
with bread oven and ingle seat; flanked by wood spiral through two floors. Two rough
chamfered beams in large roan; one rough chamfered large spine beam in right room.
Stone steps to cellar back of main room. No features of interest at first floor level:
roof not accessible, but is of late C19 structure. Left wash-house retains cast iron
pump to stone container above 12m deep well.

Listing NGR: SP0686811076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26382564

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)