The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Cottage.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ruined-lancet-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 1721 5/79
DOWNTON THE HEADLAND (west side) The Cottage
GV II
Semi-detached cottage. 3-bay C16, late C17 remodelling, late C18 rebuilding and heightening of front. Flemish stretcher bond brick, thatched roof with brick stack. Outshut. 2-storey, 3-window front. Stable-door has thatched canopy, to right and left are two 2-light casements with segmental heads and shutters. First floor has three 2-light casements. Right return has one 2-light and one single casement with C20 fixed window to first floor. Brick stack with toothing. Rear has C20 rebuilt outshut and C20 eyebrow dormers. Interior has C17 ceiling beam with ogee stops, planked door with strap hinges, chimney in centre of 3 bays. Similar history to Vine Cottage (q.v.) to which it is attached; open to the roof and timber-framed in C16, but possibly with a chimney, C17 ceiling and stone stack and subsequent remodelling in late C18. (Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury)
Listing NGR: SU1707721370
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