Chantry Cottage With Attached Farmbuildings

LONGBRIDGE DEVERILL HILL DEVERILL PM ST 84 SE (east side) 3/194 Chantry Cottage with 11.9.68 attached farmbuildings (Formerly listed as outbuildings at Manor Farm)

GV II

Cottage with attached farmbuildings, enclosing two sides of a courtyard to south of Manor House (g.v.). Late C16 and C17 cottage, late C17 and C18 farmbuildings. Cottage is rubble stone, with flint and limestone chequers to west porch, thatched hipped roof, C20 stone stack. 'T'-plan. Two storey, 2 windowed; casements. Two storey west porch has large stone Tudor-arched doorway with moulded jambs, broken tablet with heraldic arms of Ludlow family over, 3-light hollow-chamfered mullioned casement with moulded hoodmould to first floor, C20 niche over, returns of porch have small square-headed lights. Range to right has one 3-light hollow-chamfered mullioned casement with hoodmould to ground floor and 2-light ovolo-mullioned casement to first floor. Right return has C20 three-light and 4-light mullioned casements. Rear has C20 mullioned casements. Interior has deeply chamfered beams, first floor has reset narrow chamfered pointed doorway, formerly opening to first floor of porch. Attached to rear is 15-bay south range of shelter sheds with central 3-bay pigeon house with dressed stone walls and higher roof with coped verges, interior lined with pigeon holes. Attached to north-west angle of cottage is west range of shelter sheds and stables with brick and rubble stone walls, thatched roof. Collar and tie beam roof trusses. Part of a good, little altered group associated with an important manor, formerly a moated site. Cottage probably an outbuilding of the late Medieval Manor House.

Listing NGR: ST8693740123