7, The Green

No. 7 The Green is a cottage dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, located in Otterton. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with stone rubble or brick stacks topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and features a thatch roof, with corrugated asbestos on the outshot. The cottage has a two-room plan and faces north onto The Green, with a central through-passage that contains the stairs. It shares end stacks in the party walls with the adjoining cottages, Nos. 5 and 9. There is a single-storey kitchen outshot at the rear of the left room, while the main block is two storeys high. The front is symmetrical with three windows, featuring late 19th to early 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The central doorway has a mid-19th-century four-fielded panel door and a contemporary doorcase with an elaborate pedimented overdoor, complete with castellations and pinnacles. The roof is continuous with the adjoining cottages. Inside, no carpentry is exposed, and most of the joinery detail is from the 19th century. The roof has not been inspected. No. 7 is part of an attractive row of contemporary cottages located near the Church of St Michael and Otterton Mill. These cottages are noted for their unusual combination of vernacular cob and thatch, alongside more refined details in the doorways and some windows.