Description

SANCREED
SW 42 NW
5/273 Higher Drift Cottage including
- front garden walls and gate-piers
GV II
Farmhouse, including front garden walls and gate-piers. Probably C18. Painted
granite rubble with granite dressings. Asbestos slate roof except for outshut (rear
towards left) which has a scantle slate roof. Large rubble stack over the left-hand
gable end, brick chimney over the right-hand gable end.
Plan: 3-room-plan house plus pantry outshut at the rear towards the left and a
shippon outshut behind the right-hand side. Large kitchen/living room on the left;
entrance hall with stair at the rear on the left and with an unheated room (probably
a pantry) at the rear on the right, and parlour on the right (on lower ground).
Exterior: Low 2-storey west front with first floor windows rising over eaves level
under raking dormer. C20 door, C20 4-pane horned sashes. Original or C18 window and
doorway openings spanned by granite lintels.
Interior: Simple interior has 3 C18 2-panel doors on the ground floor and plank and
muntin partitions to the middle room. First floor and roof structure not inspected.

Listing NGR: SW4346428498

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598092

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2