Edith Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1976. House.
Edith Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-step-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1976
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 97 SW DODFORD WITH GRAFTON CP VICTORIA ROAD (west side) Dodford
9/103 Edith Cottage 12.5.76
GV II
House. c1848 with late C20 alterations and additions. Brick on sandstone base, slate roof with ridge end and rear stacks. Rectangular three-bay plan. Single storey. Main east front articulated 1:3:1 bays; central part breaks forward slightly and is gabled with moulded bargeboards on shaped brackets; 2-light C20 casements in original openings in outer bays; central part has a half-glazed door flanked by C20 single-light casements in original openings. Trefoil opening within stone triangle in gable apex. Late C20 alterations and additions at rear. One of 40 similar Chartist houses in Dodford built mainly on four-acre plots by the Chartist Land Company. As on other Chartist estates each small-holding was intended to provide its occupant with an independent livelihood and the opportunity to qualify for a county vote. (W Bond, From Hamlet to Parish, 1972).
Listing NGR: SO9329573344
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