Description

SX 79 SE
10/3

CHERITON BISHOP
Crooked Chimney Cottage

II

2 cottages with adjoining dairy, now house. Probably C17 core, remodelled in C18
and united in C20. Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob stacks topped with C19
brick and C20 brick stack; wheat reed thatched roof. 2-storey range facing south.
Hipped roof to left over dairy and hayloft, cob party wall and single room cottage
at-east end with large stack projecting from gable end. 6-window front of C19 and
C20 wooden casements of various size and irregular disposition, most with glazing
bars and small panes; the eaves rise slightly over 3 first floor windows. Door
towards left with C20 timber porch under hipped weatherboarded roof. Window second
from right blocks former cottage door. Interior with plain chamfered beams to main
rooms and cob fireplaces with chamfered oak lintels and brick side ovens. The
partition from entrance lobby includes C17 scroll-stopped door jamb but cannot be
proved to be in situ. C20 plastered brick stack on dairy end.

Listing NGR: SX7844593480

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399911

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)