Description

ST GILES KINSCOTT
SS 51 NW IN THE WOOD
18/211 Fuschia Cottage
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GV II

Cottage. Late C17 or C18, enlarged circa 1880. The older part is plastered stone
rubble with cob; stone rubble stack topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. The
extension is exposed, snecked local stone with brick dressings and quoins; the stack
is similar, slate roof.
Plan: 3-room plan cottage facing south-south-east, say south. The older part to left
(west) was built as a 2-room plan cottage. The larger left room has a gable-end
stack with projecting oven housing was the living room. Small unheated service room
to right is now used as a kitchen. Circa 1880 a parlour was added on the right
(east) end. It is set back from the front of the old cottage and has a projecting
gable-end stack. 2 storeys with lean-to outshut on the right end.
Exterior: Irregular 2:2-window front of late C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars.
Doorway to the older section of left contains a late C19 - early C20 plank door and
the right section has a late C19 part-glazed plank door behind a C19 porch.
Interior: has plain carpentry detail where exposed. Roof not inspected although the
bottoms of straight principals show on the first floor.
Fuschia Cottage is part of a group of attractive listed buildings in the hamlet of
Kingscott.

Listing NGR: SS5377818084

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398934

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)