Description

ST 46 NE BROCKLEY CHELVEY BATCH (west side)

6/56 Brockley Cottage
11.10.61
G.V. II

Cottage. C17 or possibly earlier; remodelled early - mid C19 in a Picturesque
Tudor Gothic style. Limewashed rubble and coursed rubble; thatched roof, slate
roof over extension to north; rubble and rendered stacks, some square and some
circular, two are inset with pebbles. The east elevation is traditional; of a
single storey with attics in eyebrow dormers. Four 2- and 3-light casement
windows with ovolo moulded mullions or with gothick lights; one large pane sash
window to the right. The extension to the north is of 2 bays and a single
storey, with C19 and C20 casement windows. Pannelled and studded door off-centre
to left, under a projecting thatched hood. The west elevation is irregular and
asymmetrical; single storey and attics in gables and dormers. 4 irregular bays.
To the right is a 2 storey and single bay, advanced, gabled wing with an
elaborate fretwork bargeboard and 3-light casement windows with cusped tracery
and a square hoodmould. In the re-entrant angle is a projecting gabled porch;
thatched with an enriched fretwork barrgeboard, rustic piers and a studded door
with a 4-centred head. To the left of the porch a single, stone pointed light
is on the ground floor and a 2-light casement with cusped gothick stone tracery
is on the first floor. Next to the upper window gabled dormer projects, with
an elaborate bargeboard and a lined out rendered section below. Further left
is a brick projecting porch with a cusped bargeboard and beyond is a 2 bay
section with plain 2- and 3-light casement windows.

Listing NGR: ST4761467068

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26422892

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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