Church Cottages

Westmill village TL 3627 WESTMILL HIGH STREET (south side)

8/20 Church Cottages Nos 1, and 2 22.2.67

GV II

House, now 2 houses. C17 or earlier. Timber frame roughcast with panelled stucco sill. Steep old red tile roof half-hipped at W. Formerly a 3-unit house with C17 central chimney a third from E end and external gable chimney at W. 2-storeys, with timber framed C17 rear wing at W end partly faced in red brick (sometime used as a smithy). High-set side-purlin roof with wallplate end carried on elaborately shaped bracket at NE. N front divided into 2 C18 houses with symmetrical arrangements about 2 identical doors. On left (No 1) has casement windows with 2 old 2-light leaded windows with iron casements on 1st floor. No 2 has 3 flush box sash windows with 8/8 panes and architrave on 1st floor and similar ones flanking the door. 6- panelflush beaded doors each with moulded surround, swelled frieze, projecting cornice and swept metal hip over. C18 small central chimney just behind ridge and extra flue built onto E side of old central chimney which has a triangular pilaster on the broad N and S faces.

Listing NGR: TL3694827117