85 AND 86

KINGSTON DEVERILL MONKTON DEVERILL VILLAGE ST 83 NE (north side) 6/170 Nos 85 and 86

GV II

Detached house, now pair of semi-detached cottages. Mid C18. Rubble stone, tiled 2-span roof, gabled end brick stacks. Two parallel ranges. Two-storey, 2-windowed; sashes. Central planked door with gabled canopy, 16-pane sash either side. First floor has large moulded stone panel over door, with high relief carving of Ludlow heraldic arms, either side is 12-pane sash. Right return has planked door and blocked sash with beaded stone case to first floor. Rear has planked door and 2-light casements, 12-pane sashes in beaded cases to right. Interior has chamfered beams, planked doors or doors with two fielded panels. Rear range is late C18 addition to front range which was probably refenestrated C19. Ludlow family held large estates in the Deverills from C14, married into Coker family c1650 and sold the estate to Duke of Marlborough in 1738. Thomas Coker is said to have moved to this house, from Hill Deverill Manor in 1737, and to have placed the Ludlow arms over the door. (R. Colt Hoare, The Modern History of Wiltshire, Vol I, 1822.)

Listing NGR: ST8561037443