Sexton'S Cottage Tumbleweed

COMBE RALEIGH COMBE RALEIGH SY 10 SE

6/128 Sexton's Cottage and Tumbleweed -

GV II

2 adjoining cottages. Probably C18, Sexton's Cottage, to the left, may be slightly earlier than Tumbleweed. Colourwashed, rendered stone rubble; thatched roof with a plain ridge, hipped at ends; axial stack at junction between the cottages, rear lateral stack to Sexton's Cottage. Plan: Sexton's Cottage is single depth, now one room on plan but probably originally divided into a heated room at the left and unheated service room to the right; Tumbleweed (interior not inspected on survey (1988)) is probably 2 rooms wide. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:2 window front, Sexton's to the left with a central C20 porch and 2-light C20 timber casements with glazing bars. Tumbleweed has a C20 lean-to porch to the right and 2-light C20 timber casements with glazing bars. Interior: Sexton's has a large open fireplace to the lateral stack, formerly with a bread oven; The fireplace has a chamfered lintel and one chamfered jamb. Roof: Apex not inspected but timbers visible upstairs suggest that the trusses are pegged A frames.

Listing NGR: ST1606702478