Description

SX 39 NE CLAWTON CHAPEL ROAD, Clawton

3/12 Thorpe Cottage
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GV II

Small cottage. Probably C17 origins. Colourwashed rendered cob with corrugated iron
roof, formerly thatched, axial stack at left end, single-storey front left addition.
The cottage may originally have been part of the hall of a large C17 house which was
divided into a row of 4 cottages probably in the C18. Alternatively, it may have
been 1 of a row of small C17 cottages. Single depth plan, 1-room wide with a kitchen
in the single-storey front addition.
2 storey and single storey. Asymmetrical 2-window front entered on the front at the
left through the single-storey addition. Two 2-light C20 casements under timber
lintels, similar first floor casement.
Interior Open fireplace partly blocked.
No access to roofspace at time of survey (1985) but roof trusses may be of interest.
One of a row of 4 cottages facing the main road through Clawton.

Listing NGR: SX3531999089

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455390

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