Description

BALLINGHAM CP CAREY
SO 53 SE
2/7 Cottage of Content
11.5.86

II

House, now public house. Probably C17 with later alterations. Sandstone
rubble, brick, timber-frame with plaster and painted brick infill, Welsh
slate and thatched roofs, brick stacks. Rectangular plan aligned north-
west/south-east with cross gable at north-west end. Two storeys. South-west
elevation has 2:2 windows, 2- and 3-light late C19 and mid-C20 casements,
those to gable front under cambered brick heads, those to right-hand side
with glazing bars and top vents, ledged mid-C20 door to left-hand side of
gable, two doors, both mid- to late C20, juxtaposed under thatched canopy
to centre of main range; exposed lozenge shaped panels with a pair of
quadrant braces in gable. Mid-C19 lean-to on left side of gable. North-
east elevation has whole of timber-framed gable exposed, four square panels
from cill to wall-plate, V-struts above collar and two 2-light early C19
wrought-iron casements to first floor of gable. Interior noted as having
heavy ceiling beams to ground floor. The Cottage of Content was previously
know as The Mynors or Miners' Arms Inn. (RCHM Vol I, p 22).

Listing NGR: SO5632831021

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26509035

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)