Description

SS 70 SW
2/27

BOW
BOW (south side)
Tavy Cottage

GV
II

House, once part of a larger house. Probably early C16 with C17 and late C17-early
C18 improvements. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble stacks with C20
brick tops; thatch roof.
2-room and central through passage plan house facing north with axial stack in party
wall to left (east) and end stack to right (west) end. It is thought to occupy the
hall and inner room of an early passage and service room now divided off as
Godfrey's Cottage (q.v.). 2 storeys. Irregular front with 3 ground floor and 2
first floor windows, all C20 casements with rectangular panes of leaded glass and
C20 external shutters. C20 4-panel front door right of centre. Roof is gable-ended
to right and continuous with adjoining Godfrey's Cottage (q.v.) to left.
Good interior: the through passage probably dates from C17 or C18 subdivision of
early C16 house. To hall on left side is a full height cob crosswall. Hall has
original early C16 roof structure. It is 2 bays with a side-pegged jointed cruck
truss and small curving windbraces to purlins. Roof is smoke-blackened indicating
that the original hall at least was open to the roof and served by an open hearth
fire. Roof over putative inner room inaccessible. The hall was given rubble
fireplace with plain oak lintel probably in late C16 or early C17. It was floored
in early-mid C17 with chamfered and scroll stopped crossbeam. Newel stair alcove to
right of fireplace was rebuilt in C19 but still has a late C17-early C18 plank door
with applied 2-panel front with strap hinges. In front wall is small C18 cupboard
with its panelled door on H-hinges. The panel is now glass. In right room an early
C17 axial beam is chamfered with 1 surviving late step stop. Fireplace here is
blocked.

Listing NGR: SS7221701718

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26400834

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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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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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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