Standish Cottage

SO 49 NW SMETHCOTT C.P. PICKLESCOTT

3/95 Standish Cottage -

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Mid-C17 with mid- to late C19 and C20 alterations and additions. Timber framed with painted brick nogging, partly rendered and partly rebuilt and extended in painted sandstone rubble and brick; plain tile roof. Hall range of one framed bay plus later bay to right, and projecting 2-bay gabled cross wing to left. Framing: square panels (3 from sole plate to wall plate) with long straight tension braces; gable end of cross wing has pseudo carved brackets at first-floor level and tie-beam truss with 2 collars, queen struts and v-struts. One storey and attic. Three C20 raking dormers to right, each with 3-light leaded wooden casements; large brick ridge stack at junction with cross wing. Hall range to left with small C20 casement to left, small segmental-headed 2-light sealed window in later kitchen to right, and central rendered porch with catslide roof; small segmental-headed 2-light C20 wooden casement to front, and segmental-headed boarded door in left-hand return; cross-wing to left with 3-light C20 leaded wooden attic and ground-floor casements. Interior: hall range contains chamfered spine beam with plain stops, and large open fireplace with ogee-stopped chamfered lintel, bread oven with cast-iron door, and spit arm; cross-wing contains timber framed cross wall and pair of chamfered beams with ogee stops. Roof with large purlins and straight wind braces. It is possible that the cross wing formerly extended further to the rear as the end bay is short, the back wall has been rebuilt in stone and brick and the gable has been half-hipped. Standish Cottage was formerly known as Top House Farmhouse. The house forms part of a small farmstead group also including barns to the west (q.v.). V.C.H., Vol. VIII, p.150.

Listing NGR: SO4373699470