Penguin Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Cottage.

Penguin Cottage

WRENN ID
fossil-dormer-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1963
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

DORCHESTER HIGH STREET SU5794 (West side) 5/77 Nos,13,15,17 and No.19 18/07/63 (Penguin Cottage) (Formerly listed as range of 4 cottages adjoining Virginia on S)

GV II

Row of 4 cottages. Probably late medieval altered C17/18. Rendered timber framing; thatch roof with brick stacks. Single-unit plans. One storey plus attics. Front has 4 entrances, with plank and 4-panel doors, plus a passage entrance with a stable door. Windows are all small-pane casements except for No.17 which has sashes and a pair of panelled shutters. First-floor windows are mostly half dormers. Unit to left of centre (No.15) has a higher ground-floor level. Interiors not inspected but noted as being at least partly cruck framed. (M. Airs "The Secular Buildings of Dorchester". Dorchester through the Ages, 1985).

Listing NGR: SU5782894186

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