Description

SU 94 NE COMPTON WITHIES LANE

431/3/10012 Nos.1-4
Oak Cottages

GV II

Row of cottages. Circa 1895, probably by Sir Ernest George for Mary Watts, wife of the artist G F Watts for workers at her local pottery. Vernacular revival style. Roughcast with hipped tiled roof with two central brick chimneystacks with round-headed panels and two end chimneystacks in lean-tos. Two storeys; 4 windows. Casement windows with leaded lights. Front elevation has recessed centre with brackets like a Wealden house. The two central windows are two storey canted bays. Square wood and glazed porches to ground floor. Rear elevation has first floor jetty supported on brackets. G F Watts commissioned Ernest George to design their house Limnerslease, also in Compton.

Listing NGR: SU9640646733

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558605

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