Diamond Cottage

EAST BUDLEIGH LOWER BUDLEIGH, East Budleigh SY 0684 8/111 Diamond Cottage - GV II House. Mid C19, possibly earlier core. Plastered walls are thick enough to be cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble or brick stacks topped with C19 brick; tile roof (formerly thatch). 2-room plan cottage facing south but set back from the street. Central staircase. Left (western) room has rear lateral stack and right room has end stack. Integral service outshots across back. Main block is 2 storeys. Regular but not symmetrical 4-window front. All are mid C19 3-light casements with diamond patterns of glazing bars. Doorway is right of centre and contains a C19 panelled door. The larger top panel is glazed with margin panes. Contemporary porch with ornate timber trelliswork and now has hipped felt roof. Main roof is gable-ended. Rose Cottage overlaps the right (western) end of the front and, were it not there, Diamond Cottage would probably have a symmetrical 5-window front. The rear roof is carried down continuously over the outshots. Interior. No carpentry detail is exposed on the ground floor. The joinery detail and other features are consistently mid C19. Roof not inspected. Diamond Cottage is one of an attractive group of listed buildings.

Listing NGR: SY0686984402