Rectory Cottage And Rosemullion Cottage

TQ 81 SE PETT PETT ROAD (north side)

32/48 Rectory Cottage and Rosemullion Cottage

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Pair of semi-detached cottages converted from a terrace of three cottages. First cottage built between 1730 and 1760 with later C18 alterations and addition to east to create three cottages now two C19 alterations. Timber frame brick, C19 render, plain tile roof. Two flush gable end rendered brick stacks, one brick ridge stack. Two storeys. The external timber framed walls of the first cottage rebuilt in brick but the stud and braced cross partition between its two bay hall and service bay, the upper part of the wall separating the rear lean-to and the upper part of the east gable remain. The central cottage, formed in the service bay with entry from the rear, is now divided and incorporated in the present pair of cottages. Three window front: on the ground floor the windows alternate with two entrance doorways, all with segmental arched heads. Two C19 projecting gabled porches. Three-light casements with glazing bars to both floors. Interior: Rectory Cottage retains mid C18 inglenook fireplace with timber lintel and chamfered bridging beam with moulded cyma stops. Later C18 inglenook fireplaces in centre and against east gable wall (Rosemullion Cottage) Roof has paired rafters with necked collars. Rape of Hastings Architectural Survey: Report No 709.

Listing NGR: TQ8753914014