Swiss Cottage

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA BERESFORDS HILL TQ 75 SE (East side)

1/4 Swiss Cottage (formerly listed 23.5.67 under Boughton Quarries)

GV II

House. C17 with earlier core, later additions and early C19 alterations. Timber framed, rendered, with plain tile roof. Main range 2 storeys, cross- wing 2 storeys, attic and cellar. Rendered plinth. C17 cross-wing to left, flush with facade; eaves higher than those of main range and jettied on moulded bressumer with shaped brackets. Moulded bargeboards to gable of wing. Similar gable immediately to right of stack, rising above eaves of main range on shaped brackets. Gable to right end of main range. Rendered multi-flued stack in front slope of roof immediately to right of wing. Rendered rear stack to right. Irregular fenestration of 4 windows; one pair of 12-pane sashes with central mullion to wing, and one under main-range gable. Similar pair of 8-light sashes to right of main-range gable. One 2-light casement under stack. Rendered rectangular flat-roofed single-storey porch under stack, with half-glazed door with cambered head and margin lights. Short 2-storey rendered rear wing to right. Interior: early-to-mid C19 fireplaces, grates and cornices. Curved C19 staircase with stick balusters. Clasped purlin roof to wing, with windbraces. A very small quantity of exposed framing.

Listing NGR: TQ7690451842