Chew Cottage Newbridge House

ST 66 SW PUBLOW WOOLLARD

6/208 No. 198 (Newbridge House) and Chew Cottage G.V. II

Possibly a bridge chapel, now 2 cottages. Late C15 - C16, remodelled C17 and late C18. Rubble with freestone quoins, pantile roof with coped raised verges. 2 storeys and 3 irregular windows, 2-light casements with glazing bars and under cambered lintels. At the left is part of a blocked doorway with a 4-centred head. The east gable end (Newbridge House) has a 3-light casement window in reserved chamfered surrounds with mullions; C19 and C20 extensions to east and rear. The west gable end (Chew Cottage) has traces of an arched window and the remains of a decorative ashlar, cill band of plain shields within trefoils. Interiors. The ground floors of both cottages have chamfered beams with broached stops and chamfered and cambered lintels over the fireplaces. Both gable ends retain significant parts of blocked arched windows or openings. Fragment of ashlar. 4-centre headed fireplace to first floor room of Newbridge House. (J. Edgar. Bristol and Avon Archaeology, 1984).

Listing NGR: ST6320264497