Description

STOKEINTEIGNHEAD FORCHES HILL, Stokeinteignhead
SX 9070-9170

17/370 Rock Cottage
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GV II

Cottage. Probably C17 or earlier, C20 addition on left end. Whitewashed rendered
cob and stone rubble; thatched roof, half-hipped at right end, gabled at left end;
projecting front lateral stack with set-offs.
Plan: Probably a 2 room plan with a central entrance. The right hand room is heated
from a front lateral stack. The left hand room has a stack at the left end, but it
may have been unheated originally. In the C20 a single-storey extension was added to
the left end.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1 window front with a C20 front door to the left
of the stack, 1 small ground floor window and 1 first floor C20 3-light timber
casement with glazing bars. The right return has 1 first floor 3-light timber
casement with glazing bars. The rear elevation, backing onto Forches Hill, has 1
first and 1 ground floor 2-light timber casement with glazing bars and 1 small ground
floor C20 window. Plaster armorial bearing with supporters of unknown date on the
rear wall. These are identical to the armorial bearings in Old Bailey Farmhouse
(q.v.).
Interior: Access to interior unobtainable at time of survey (1987) but said to have
exposed carpentry.

Listing NGR: SX9154270607

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389881

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)