Description

SJ 98 NE MARPLE THE RIDGE
(east side)

7/169 Ridge-End
Cottage and
adjoining
farmbuilding
(formerly listed
as Outbuildings
20.12.67 at Ridge End)

G.V. II

Cottage and farm building. Farmbuilding probably C17,
cottage "NRC 1778" (Robert Cosier and Francis Nicholson) on
datestone. Coursed rubble with graduated stone slate and C20
tile roof and brick stacks. L-shaped plan one wing of C17,
the cottage wing of 1778. Projecting plinth and coped gables
with kneelers to C17 wing which has 4 doors (2 of which are
blocked), casement windows on each floor of bay 1 which may
have been labourers' accommodation, a 2-light chamfered
mullion window to bay 2 and loft hatches on the upper level.
The cottage wing has a large cart entry and a 2-bay one-room
deep cottage. Both front and rear have 4 window openings
with stone heads and sills and C20 casements. The door is
now in the gable. Interior: 3 C17 king post roof trusses
carry original wind braced purlins, the bracing in some
cases being formed out of the same timber as the purlin.

Listing NGR: SJ9650486515

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535271

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]