North Wing Of Shockerwick Cottage

North Wing of Shockerwick Cottage

A small mid to late 17th century rural dwelling, now forming the north wing of Shockerwick Cottage, located on Shockerwick Lane in Bathford. The building is constructed in local stone rubble with ashlar stone quoins and dressings, and has a pitched slate roof.

The building is two storeys with an attic, arranged on a rectangular plan. The ground floor contains a single room, the first floor has three rooms arranged along a small landing, and the attic contains one room.

The west elevation facing Shockerwick Lane has two and three light casement windows with ovolo moulded mullions under drip moulds on each floor. The central window on this elevation replaces an earlier pitching door that was removed in the late 1980s, which was probably of 19th century date when the building may have been used as an outbuilding to Upper Shockerwick Farmhouse.

The north elevation has mid to late 17th century openings, all now blocked. These include a centrally positioned stone door surround with three two-light casement windows above and to either side, all with ovolo moulded mullions under drip moulds. The south elevation, which is only partly visible, features a large external stack with a stone rubble base and stone ashlar shaft. To the right of this stack is a mid to late 17th century blocked single casement window with ovolo moulded jambs, now only visible at floor level in the first floor bedroom to the front. The east elevation to the rear has a late 20th century two storey extension with attached conservatory, which are not of special interest. The south wing of Shockerwick Cottage, which incorporates a former outbuilding with a two span roof, is ostensibly a late 20th century building and is also not of special interest.

The interior contains several mid to late 17th century features. On the ground floor there is a chamfered ceiling beam with run-out stops and a stone four-centred arch fire surround bearing mid to late 19th century graffiti. On the first floor level is a blocked single casement with ovolo jambs at floor level. In the attic, part of the original roof timbers have survived, including a large collar beam.

This former dwelling is historically associated with Upper Shockerwick Farm, a large farm complex that originates from the mid to late 17th century with later alterations. The farm consists of an irregularly arranged group of farm buildings clustered around the crossing of two country lanes.