Description

ST AGNES BRITISH ROAD,
SW 75 SW
4/132 Former Coastguards' Cottage
- (formerly listed as 1,2 and 3
26.11.87 Coastguard Cottages)
GV II

Former coastguards' cottages, now private houses. 1893. Dressed killas, brought to
course, with granite dressings. Dry Delabole slate roof with exposed rafters under
the eaves. stone gable and axial stacks. Original cast-iron gutters.
Plan: Double-depth overall L-shaped plan. On the left 2 identical pairs of houses
(except that porches are different) now 2 houses and on the right former head-
coastguards house with cross wing, projecting as service wing at the rear, on its
left.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Except for the insertion of 2 doorways (in former window
openings) at the front the elevations are unaltered. Slightly irregular 10-window
north-east front with slightly projecting gable end of cross wing towards the right.
Plinth. Original 12-paned horned sashes.
Interior: Where inspected the interior has most of its original features.

Listing NGR: SW7213550650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614003

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (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]
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)