Bower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. A C17 Cottage.
Bower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-granite-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bower Cottage is a 17th-century cottage with a sympathetic late 20th-century addition, built using traditional materials. The structure is timber framed with brick infill, which largely replaces the original wattle and daub, and features coursed rubble on the south gable. It has a thatched roof and a brick integral end stack. The cottage has a two-cell range aligned north-south, with the 20th-century wing to the north aligned east-west, creating an L-shaped plan.
The east elevation has one storey and an attic, featuring two square panels at the eaves with straight braces. There are two casement windows; the left-hand window is a 20th-century insertion into a previously blocked doorway. The thatch extends over the attic dormers. The gabled 20th-century wing to the right has a queen strut roof truss, and the entrance is located within the left-hand return.
On the west elevation, most of the middle rails of the framing have been removed to allow for large 19th-century windows. Inside, there is a chamfered and stopped spine beam, a large open fireplace in the south bay, and a timber-framed partition wall.
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