Monks Fitchett

Monks Fitchett is a house from the late 17th century that has been altered and extended. It features a timber frame with pargetted plaster and wood bark tiles on a steeply pitched roof, which was originally thatched. The house has yellow brick stacks. It is a two-cell cottage with a central entrance, extended by one bay to the left. The building has two storeys and three windows. The two right-hand first-floor windows are three-light lattice casements, and there is a timber door. A cross axial ridge stack is located to the left where the original cottage ended, and there is a stack in the right end wall on the rear pitch. The wall plate is visible in the right return wall, and there is a small extension to the rear left. The interior has not been inspected. Notably, George Orwell lived here and served as the village grocer from 1936 to 1940, owning the house until 1947. The name Wallington is thought to be the inspiration for 'Willingdon', the setting for Animal Farm.