River Hill Cottages

TL 7615 TERLING OWL'S HILL (south side)

8/141 No. 3 River Hill Cottages

GV II

House. C16 or earlier, altered in C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2 bays facing SE, with axial stack at left end, and one-bay extension beyond, connecting with No. 2 River Hill Cottages. C19 external stack at rear, enclosed by lean-to extension along whole rear elevation, forming a catslide roof. 2 storeys. 2-window range of C20 casements. C20 door. Exposed imitation framing on upper part of front wall and right gable. Chamfered binding beam, plain joists of horizontal section arranged longitudinally. Heavy arched braces of left girt or binding beam. Left tiebeam cambered. On first floor, 2 unglazed windows at rear, now enclosed by lean-to, one complete with diamond mullions and shutter groove, the other blocked. No access to roof. This building is of unusual type, and may be the remaining part of a larger house, or a non-domestic building originally, such as a granary, later converted to a house. RCHM18.

Listing NGR: TL7685715149