Description

SO 8602-8702 MINCHINHAMPTON BRIMSCOMBE HILL
(west side)

12/221 Manor Cottage and Linden Cottage
28.6.60

GV II

Formerly detached house, now 2 houses. Dated 1652; C18 addition.
Random rubble limestone; ashlar and brick rebuilt chimneys; stone
slate roof. Two-storey with attic; rear wing. Front: 2 full
parapet gables with cross-roll saddles. Fenestration mostly C20
timber casements below left gable; more original 3-light recessed
cavetto mullioned casements below right gable, one to attic, 2 to
each floor below, one to ground floor replaced by timber casement.
Left-of-centre round arched moulded doorway with imposts, keystone
and hoodmould; original wide-plank door with early ironmongery.
Keystone dated 1652 with initials JP (probably John Phillips, a
local clothier). Lower addition to right has early plank door and
timber lintel; small-pane timber casement above. Parapet gabled
ends with rebuilt chimneys. Chimney to rear wing with paired
shafts and moulded cap. Interior not inspected.
(N.M. Herbert, 'Minchinhampton' in V.C.H. Glos. xi, 1976, pp. 184-
207; and D. Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SO8683502181

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26466966

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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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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings