Pear Tree Cottage

SANDFORD ST.MARTIN MANOR ROAD SP4226 (North side) 14/136 Pear Tree Cottage 27/08/56 (Formerly listed as House immediately to South of Southfield Farmhouse) GV II Farmhouse, now house. Late C17, possibly with earlier features. Limestone ashlar and rubble; Stonesfield-slate and Welsh-slate roof with ashlar gable stacks. 3-unit cross-passage plan, now partly altered, with rear service range. 2 storeys plus attic. 3-window ashlar front has leaded stone-mullioned windows of 2, 3 and 2 lights on both floors plus a chamfered stone doorway to left of centre; continuous moulded drip over ground floor openings. Stacks have plinths and moulded caps, and the roof has been extended to right over a cart entry with former loft above. Rear has further mullioned windows and a central gabled stair tower. Left end wall is in random rubble and may be earlier; it returns to a single-storey service range. Interior: large open fireplace with cambered stop-chamfered bressumer and bread oven; similar fireplace with bread oven in rear wing; winder stairs to attics; butt-purlin roof.

Listing NGR: SP4212026507