Description

SS 40 NW
6/78

SHEBBEAR
HAYCROSS HILL,
Shebbear
Nos 1 and 2 Goamans Cottages

(Formerly listed as Nos. 1 and 2 Gormans)

II

Pair of cottages. Circa early C18 with C19 additions. Plastered cob walls. Gable-
ended thatch roof. Plastered rubble stack with brick shaft at left gable-end, brick
shaft at right gable end.
Plan: pair of 2-room cottages - right-hand cottage now 1 main room, each heated by
gable-end stack bit apparently there is an axial stack in the dividing wall which is
now disused. C19 and C20 rear outshuts added.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Regular 4-window front - 2:2 - of early C20 2-light
casements. Each cottage has a C19 gabled porch at centre - a C20 glazed door to the
left-hand one and early C20 panelled and glazed door behind the right-hand one.
Large lean-to against right-hand end wall.
Interior: of left-hand cottage has wany rough ceiling beams and wooden lintel
visible to fireplace opening now blocked. Rough straight principal rafters.
These cottages are probably the most traditional looking in the village preserving
an unspoilt appearance.

Listing NGR: SS4401309074

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26596058

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide