Description

FENITON
SY 19 NW
7/71 Thorn Cottage
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GV II

House. Early - mid C19, some mid - late C19 alterations. Plastered brick and local
stone rubble; brick stacks with C19 brick chimneyshafts; slate roof.
Plan: double depth plan house facing south-west with a front and back room heated
by an end stack either side of a central entrance hall and rear staircase. House is
2 storeys. Since the left (north-west) end is terraced into the hillslope it maybe
that it was originally 2 storeys with a basement like the adjoining contemporary
house, Court Barton (q.v). If so it was altered in the mid - late C19.
Exterior: symmetrical 3-window front wholly C19 features, although maybe 2 phases.
The outer bays have 16-pane sashes, those on the ground floor are not as tall as the
others. The second floor central window is a narrow 12-pane sash, the window below
is a 16-pane sash (is this blocking the original doorway?) and below that one is the
central doorway which contains a mid - late C19 part-glazed 6-panel door with a
contemporary flat hood on shaped timber brackets. Plain eaves although there is a
C19 cast iron guttter with lions head mask joints. The roof is gable-ended to right
and to left it runs continuously over adjoining Court Barton (q.v).
Interior: was not inspected but C19 joinery and other detail is suspected.
Feniton is an attractive little village containing a good group of listed buildings.

Listing NGR: SY1077399373

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26455914

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014