Moss Cottage

TQ 1656 SE 12/127 7.9.51

LEATHERHEAD CHURCH STREET (east side)

No. 55 (Moss Cottage) (formerly listed as No.35)

GV II

Formerly known as Moss Cottage. House, or wing of former house, now garage. Late medieval; much altered. Timber frame with rendered cladding painted white, red tile roof. Rectangular 2-unit plan, gable to road (the right-hand return wall facing Church Road). Two low storeys, with remains of a plinth; the gabled facade has inserted garage doors at ground floor, a very small horizontal-sliding window sash above, and a steeply-pitched roof. (Modern additions to the left are not included in the item.) The right-hand return wall has been altered at ground floor by the insertion of 2 large shop windows (replacing a central doorway and 2 small segmental-headed windows), but at 1st floor it retains 2 small 2-fight horizontal-sliding sashes and an 8-pane fixed window. The rear gable wall is tile- hung above ground floor and has a small casement with a triangular head. Interior: timber framing visible includes short posts and studs, mid-rail, wallplate, and the upper half of a lateral partition with angle-braces; otherwise altered, and the upper floor removed from the front bay.

Listing NGR: TQ1668856169