Dore'S Cottage

FINSTOCK HIGH STREET SP3616 (South side) 17/40 No.17 (Dore's Cottage) 08/10/84

GV II

Shown on Ordnance Survey map as The Old Shop. House. Dated 1666, with C18 addition and late C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble with thatched roof; C20 machine tile roof to addition. T-plan; 2-unit range with central wing to front and later addition to right. One storey and attic and 2 storeys. Integral dressed stone end stacks. Dormer to right C17 two-light chamfered mullioned wooden casement (relocated in late C20). Small ground floor window to right with wooden lintel. C20 boarded doors off-centre to left and right, with wooden lintels. Central gabled wing with C20 two-light wooden attic casement. Moulded datestone above, inscribed "WC/1666". Addition (see straight joint) to right with 3-light wooden casement. Rear: 3 square eaves dormers with 2- and 3-light wooden casements. Two ground-floor 3-light wooden casements flanking central 2-light casement, with wooden lintels. C20 boarded door to left of central window. Addition to left with small dormer and ground floor 3-light casement. Interior: right-hand ground-floor room with chamfered spine beams and joists. Large open fireplaces with wooden lintels in left and right-hand rooms. C17 winder stair to rear of right-hand stack. Right-hand first-floor rear room has C17 stone corner fireplace with moulded cornice.

Listing NGR: SP3604316105