Description

OVERTON
SU55SW KINGSCLERE ROAD

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- II

Cottage. Circa late C17 or early C18, probably extended in circa late
C18 or early C19. White painted flint with brick dressings. Thatched
roof with half-hipped ends. Axial and end stacks with brick shafts.
PLAN: 3-cell plan; the right hand room divided axially. The original
cottage probably consisted of the central room (hall) with a gable end
stack and smaller possibly unheated parlour on the right, now with a
stack at the right hand end. The small unheated service room on the
left end might have been added in the late C18 or early C19.
EXTERIOR: 1 storey and attic 4-window SE front. C19 2 and 3-light
casements with glazing bars. Eyebrows in the eaves over 2 attic
windows at centre and left. Doorway to right of centre with chamfered
wooden doorcase and C20 glazed door now enclosed within a large late
C20 glazed porch. Casements and no extensions at rear. INTERIOR:
Central room (hall) has chamfered axial beam with curved stops and
large fireplace its jambs and lintel plastered over. Right hand room
ceiled and with C20 chimneypiece. Attics ceiled but centre/chamber has
exposed purlins and one straight windbrace.

Listing NGR: SU5145250419

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26623925

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