Description

COLEBROOKE LOWERTOWN
SX 79 NE
5/138 Wild Briar

GV II

House, former shop and adjoining cottage. Probably early C19 with circa 1950
extensions. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble stack topped with C20
brick; thatch roof, corrugated asbestos to extension.
House faces south away from road and comprises a single large room with rear
lateral stack and former shop on left (west end. Circa 1950 service outshots to
rear. 2 storeys to house, 1 storey with attic to former shop. House has
irregular 2-window front of early C20 casements with glazing bars with C20 door at
right end behind glass monopitch roofed and glass-walled porch. Former shop has
C20 door at left end with contemporary window alongside. Gable-ended roof.
Interior: has plain carpentry detail including 2 roughly-finished crossbeams to
main room and rear fireplace is blocked. Cob crosswall between main house and
former shop. Roof not inspected. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SX7717799938

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535295

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