Description

HACCOMBE-WITH-COMBE HACCOMBE
SX 86 NE

11/113 Wren Cottage
23.8.55
II

Former lodge to Haccombe House (q.v.). Probably early C19, contemporary with the
rebuilding of the house. Whitewashed and rendered ; deep thatched roof, carried down
over a verandah on 3 sides ; axial stack with rendered shaft. Cottage ornee.
Plan: 2 room plan, principal room to the front, service room to the rear. One of 2
lodges to the house, the other burnt down before 1955 (old list description).
Exterior: Single-storey and attic. Symmetrical 1 window front with a 4-bay rustic
verandah on renewed posts with a short eaves canopy fronted with split logs, the
verandah continuing for 5-bays on each return. Canted bay window to the front with
C19 casement windows with ornamental leaded panes, casement windows with ornamental
leaded panes to each return. The rear bays of the verandah on the returns have been
enclosed, forming a porch on the left return. Attic dormers in the thatch, 3 to the
right return, 2 to the left and one in the centre with C19 casement windows with
ornamental leaded panes.
Interior: Not inspected.
An attractive thatched lodge is an isolated position.

Listing NGR: SX8916569884

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461564

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