Description

Later 19th century. Single storey croft in L-plan arrangement including cottage, barn, and kiln attached on axis. Drystone rubble walls with stone slab roof.

W ELEVATION: gable of N range advanced at left; 3-bay elevation recessed at right with vertically-boarded timber door in bay at centre, and small windows in flanking bays.

S ELEVATION: asymmetrical, with 3 irregularly spaced vertically-boarded timber doors; window in later bay to outer left; gable of E range advanced at right centred by semicircular kiln.

N ELEVATION: 6-bay (grouped 3-3) symmetrical elevation with later blank bay added to right (W). Rubble-infilled doors with flanking windows, rubble infilled except for 4-pane timber sash and case windows in bay to outer right.

OUTBUILDING AND BOUNDARY WALLS: L-plan drystone wall enclosing yard; partially ruinous gabled outbuilding at SW corner.

Statement of Interest

This rare survivor of a once common building type, with its particularly fine kiln, is a good example of local building techniques and materials.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q15132035

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings