Description

YARCOMBE
ST 21 SE
4/172 The Old Thatch (Birch Cottage on
- OS)
- II
House, formerly 2 cottages. Early C19, renovated circa 1970. Plastered local stone
rubble; stone rubble stack topped with C20 brick; thatch roof.
Plan: the house has been made by uniting a pair of contemporary 2-room cottages.
Each was a mirror plan of the other either side of a central axial stack serving
back-to-back fireplaces. Each cottage had a larger inner heated room and small
unheated end room. Circa 1970 the 2 cottages were united and new rear lobby
entrance created. The front doorways were blocked and the partition between the 2
rooms of the former right cottage were united. 2 storeys with outshot on the left
(east) end.
Exterior: the main house has a regular 4-window front of C20 casements with glazing
bars and there are low thatch eyebrows over the first floor windows. The roof is
hipped each end. There is a front doorway containing a C20 door into the lean-to
outshot (now the kitchen) at the left end. Rear elevation has a similar 4-window
front with circa 1970 central doorway behind a contemporary gabled porch.
Interior: has plain carpentry detail. The main crossbeams have narrow chamfers
with runout stops. Both fireplace have been relined but both have chamfered oak
lintels with runout stops. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST2524210129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618440

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)