Lampretten Cottages

ST CLEER SX 26 NW 10/61 Nos 1 and 2 Lampretten - Cottages II Pair of attached houses. Dated 1844. Few later alterations. Stone rubble, rendered and slate-hung. Slurried slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends; gable end stacks with shaped tops. Plan: Each house is of one-room plan, each room heated by a gable end stack. There is a porch to each, leading directly into the room, with a stair to the rear of the room. A rare survival with no integral outshut. No 1 to right has an addition of C20 to rear; No 2 is to left. Exterior: Each house is of 2 storeys, each a symmetrical 2-window range. No 1 has two 2-light casements of 8 panes each with L hinges at first floor. Ground floor has central C19 conservatory porch with inner half-glazed door; 2-light 3-pane casement to left, 2-light 2-pane casement of C20 to right. The front is slate-hung at upper level, all painted. No 2 has two 2-light casements of 8-panes each light with L hinges at first floor; ground floor central C19 conservatory porch with margin glazing, bargeboards and finial to gable end, half-glazed outer door with margin glazed lights; 2-light casement to right and left, both C20 replacements. The ground floor level is rendered, upper level slate-hung; datestone at first floor. Left side blind. Rear of No 1 has C20 addition. Interior of No 2: Fireplace at the gable end has plain granite jambs and timber lintel; cloam oven to rear right of fireplace. Winder stair to the rear right of the room. The room has been partitioned in the C20 to form a small room to the right.

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