Description

WARBSTOW WARBSTOW CROSS
SX 29 SW
3/255 Bell Cottage
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II

2 cottages converted into one house Probably C18. Rendered and painted stone rubble
and cob. Bitumen-coated rag slate roof with half hipped ends. Central brick axial
stack.
Plan: Pair of 2-room double depth plan cottages with entrances on far right and
left, hall-kitchens heated by back-to-back fireplaces, sharing the central axial
stack and small unheated service rooms to rear in integral outshut. A pighouse was
added to the rear of the outshut, probably in the C19 and a further outshut was added
across the front of the left hand cottage probably in the C19.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Originally a symmetrical 2-window front, the left hand cottage
with a C19 outshut added across the front, obscuring the earlier elevation. Right-
hand cottage has a C19 16-pane sash with crown glass and C20 glazed door on ground
floor with C19 2-light casement on first. C19 door in right hand side of outshut.
Interior: Roughly cut timber lintels to the fireplaces and C19 ceiling beams.
Roughly chamfered feet to the principals, the collars and apices not accessible.

Listing NGR: SX2076790737

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435665

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)