1, 2 And 3 Old Church House Cottages

SZ57NW 1353-0/6/258

NITON AND WHITWELL HIGH STREET, Whitwell (West side) Nos.1,2 AND 3 Old Church House Cottages

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2 cottages (Nos 2 & 3 in one ownership) formerly church hall and parish brewhouse. Late C16, in existence by c1574. Built of Isle of Wight stone rubble rendered. Slate roof, formerly thatched, 3 brick chimney- stacks. Right side gable end with kneelers and mullioned surrounds with hood moulding. 5 C19 casements and 3 plain later doors. Plinth. No. 1 was formerly a brewhouse for church ales. Interior has square framing and massive chamfered beam with lambs tongue stops. 1st floor has a plank door with a carving of a Napoleonic period 3 masted ship. No. 2 was formerly the parish bakehouse and has a cambered brick arch to inglenook and arch to bread oven. No 3 has a stone fireplace with 4 centred arch and chamfered beam. There is documentary evidence of a house on the site in 1370. This was a church house where meetings were held and ale was brewed. (Worsley: History of the Isle of Wight; V C H: 202).

Listing NGR: SZ5210878023