Caryes

SW 09 SW 3/14

AYLESBEARE AYLESBEARE Caryes

II

House, former Post Office, maybe 2 cottages originally. C1?, modernised and enlarged circa 1970. The original part is plastered cob on stone rubble footings; brick stacks , one disused, the other with a C19 chimney pot; interlocking tile roof (originally thatch). 3-room plan cottage facing south-east. The left (south-western) room is an extension of circa 1970 and projects a little forward. The original 2 rooms had end stacks and the left stack was turned round circa 1970 to serve the extension. Secondary outshots to rear. 2 storeys. The original section has a nearly symmetrical 3-window front of circa 1970 iron- framed casements without glazing bars and one similar timber-framed casement of circa 1982 on ground floor right. Central C20 front door behind C20 gabled and tile-roofed porch. The ground floor of the extension projects forward with 2 more circa 1970 windows and the roof is carried down over it. Roof is gable ended. Interior: the 2 original rooms are separated by a timber-framed crosswall nogged with brick. The right room has an unstopped soffit-chamfered crossbeam. Both fireplaces are blocked. The roof includes a side-pegged jointed cruck truss either side of the crosswall.

Listing NGR: SY0381591913