Description

SX 37 NE MILTON ABBOT ENDSLEIGH

9/227 The Swiss Cottage
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19.10.78

GV I

Cottage. Circa 1810 for the 6th Duke of Bedford and part of the Picturesque
surroundings to Endsleigh House (qv). Late C20 renovations for the Landmark Trust.
Timber with applied rustic planking, a thatched roof and 2 stone stacks, one on the
rear and one on the ridge. Swiss Cottage on a spectacular site above the Tamar.
Irregular plan to the rear with a regular front block with the second floor gabled to
the front and jettied out on 3 sides over a 2-tier rustic timber verandah. A flight
of external timber stairs leads up to the first floor on the left, further entrance
at rear. 3 storeys. Deep eaves with fascia boards with rustic planking. The
planking applied to the external walls is fixed in vertical, horizontal and diagonal
panels. The front elevation is 1 window wide with a 3-bay 2-tier verandah to the
ground and first floors which continues round the left and right returns of the front
block. The verandah is carried on timber posts with rustic notches and rustic struts
and has a timber fence to the first floor. A 2-light ground floor casement has 1
hexagonal leaded panes. On the first floor a half-glazed door gives on to the
verandah. A 2-light casement in a brattished frame in the gable has hexagonal leaded
panes. The gable has a timber pendant and is crowned by a timber pinnacle.
Interior Large intact modest interior with simple painted stone fireplaces and a
staircase with stick balusters. An extremely fine example of a Swiss Cottage
associated with Picturesque designed landscape and other buildings of outstanding
national importance.

Listing NGR: SX3952578018

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Endsleigh Cottage at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5376636

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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