Description

STOKENHAM STOKENHAM
SX8042 The Little House
14/226

GV II

Small house. C17 with small C20 extensions. Rendered stone rubble and
possibly cob. Thatched roof, half-hipped to left and gabled to right.
Large painted stone rubble stack at right hand end with set-offs and slate
weathering.
Plan: 1-room plan with a fireplace in the stack at the higher right end and
a stair turret on the rear right hand corner. There might have been a small
unheated room at the left end originally. The entrance is in the left end
wall through a C20 outshut which has a C20 porch on the front.
Exterior. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical. 2-window east front C2O 2-light
casement with leaded panes, 2 on the ground floor with slate hoodmoulds, one
on first floor with eyebrow in eaves above. Doorway and C20 porch to left
in C20 lean-to outshut on left end.
Rear elevation: Large semi-circular stair turret to left.
Interior: Later ceiling joists. Large stone rubble fireplace with
chamfered timber lintel with cyme stops and remains of bread oven. Plank
door at bottom of stairs with H-L hinges. Newel stairs in stair turret.
Roof space not accessible but straight principals visible in chamber are
probably original.

Listing NGR: SX8063142932

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26401736

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)