St Osyth Cottage

KELVEDON LONDON ROAD TL 8418-8518 (south-east side)

9/249 St. Osyth Cottage 25.6.74

GV II

Cottage. Early C19, altered in C20. Partly of painted brick, partly of plastered timber framing, roofed with handmade red plain tiles. 2-room plan aligned NW-SE (at right angles to street) with central stack, the SW wall terminating in a quadrant curve at the NW end. C19 crosswing to SE, of plastered timber framing, roofed with asbestos tiles. 2 storeys. In curved wall to W one sash of 8 lights on each floor, C20 replicas of the originals in original apertures, with segmental arch at ground-floor only. 4-panel door. Roof of original cottage hipped at SE end, quarter-conical at NW end. In NE elevation, one C20 square bay of casements on ground floor, 2 C20 casements on first floor, C20 door. Stack of yellow brick. Reputed to be a former toll cottage (B.L. Kentish, Kelvedon and its Antiquities, 1974, 76). Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TL8593718324