Smewins Cottage

SHOTTESBROOKE SMEWINS ROAD SU 87 NW (west side) 8/28 Nos. 1 & 2 (Smewins Cottage) 11.04.72

G.V. II

Moated house, now disused cottage. C15, altered and extended C16, C17, altered C18 and C19. Part timber frame with part render and part brick infill; part render; part brick; part in Flemish bond, part in rat-trap bond. Irregular plan; gables on each front. 2 storeys. 4 chimneys. Windows mostly C19 casements. Entrance (east) front: irregular. 2, one-bay gables both with timber-framing exposed; the left gable projects further forward than the right. The left gable has a rendered, projecting plinth; 3-light window on first floor and a single-light window to left of centre on ground floor; queen post roof truss. The right gable has a 3-light casement window on first floor, with close-studding under; a 3-light casement window to left of centre on ground floor; a redundant crown post roof truss with later queen struts, and large jowled posts. The section between the gables has rendered infill and a plain entrance door on the left with small, tiled, hood. On the right of the right gable is a later extension with brick facing and a late C18 sash window with thin glazing bars and cambered head. The gable return to this section has a projecting gable chimney and some timber-frame visible with rendered infill on the upper level. The lower level has been underbuilt in brick. An interior inspection was not allowed at the time of survey. The moat on the north west, and south sides of the lone is a scheduled ancient monument.

Listing NGR: SU8466776138