Description

HUISH EPISCOPI CP HURD'S HILL (south side)
ST4126
LANGPORT WESTOVER
10/71 Pound Cottage
17.4.59
II

Detached Cottage. C15 and later. Local lias stone cut and squared; thatched roof with stepped coped gable to east,
hipped to west; brick chimney stacks. 'L' plan; two storeys; 4-bay front elevation, of which bay 1 projects. Timber
casement windows of several types; no windows upper bays 3 and 4: bay 3 has wide boarded door in heavy frame; bay 4
represents an extension, now converted to garage. In rear south wall two 3-light timber frame windows with diagonal set
mullions. Inside, the east wing has 2 equal-spaced crucks, smoke blackened, windbraces missing; it probably represents
the remains of a medieval house; the main wing also carries a cruck derivative truss, traces of smoke hood; some wattle
and daub partitioning in roof. (VAG Report, SRO Unpublished, undated).

Listing NGR: ST4264926483

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26680417

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Care and Repair
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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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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)