The Swiss Cottage

ZEALS FANTLEY LANE ST 73 SE (east side) 6/183 The Swiss Cottage GV II Detached house. Late C19. Rockfaced limestone with brick dressings to ground floor, timber-framing with brick nogging to first floor, tiled roof with ceramic ridge cresting, diagonally-set brick stacks. Single-storey and attic. T-plan. Original porch with diamond glazing and half-glazed door in south angle between wing and south range, single-light and 2-light cast-iron casements to right, one gabled dormer with 2-light casement and finial to gable. Wing projecting to left has 3-light casement to ground floor, square bay and to jettied attic bay with gable. Range to left has single-light casement. Left return has ground floor 3- light casement and jettied attic with gable and 3-light casement. Right return has similar windows to ground floor and jetty over; all casements are cast-iron. Rear has no windows, single-storey extension with slate roof. Interior not accessible at time of survey (October 1986). Said to have been built by the Chafyn- Grove family of Zeals House (q.v.), an excellently preserved example of this genre.

Listing NGR: ST7809631452