3 AND 4

SX 98 NE WOODBURY EXTON

1/108 Nos 3 & 4 - GV II

Pair of cottages. C17 with later additions and alterations. Roughcast cob on stone footings; thatched roof, gable-end to left, hipped to right. Probably a 2- room cottage with central entry extended to the right by addition of one room in the C18 or C19. External left-hand end strack; axial stack; later internal all brick stack to right-hand end. 2 storeys. Front: irregular 2 window range. 1st floor with 4-light window to left, and a 3- light (originally 2-light) window to right, both casements, under eyebrow eaves. Two 3-light casement windows to ground floor; 2 porches, one thatched, both late C20. Late C20 brick extension to rear. Interior: 2 deeply chamfered cross beams to left-hand cottage; shallow chamfered axial beam to right-hand cottage. Roof trusses to the older part with curved principals that sit well down in wall, now boxed but could be jointed crucks; straight principals to the right-hand cottage. Roof space not accessible. Nos. 3 and 4, Exton, form part of a group of roughly contemporary cottages that includes Orchard Cottage (q.v.) and Brooke Cottage (q.v.)

Listing NGR: SX9844086273