7, The Green

OTTERTON THE GREEN, Otterton SY 0885 7/172 No. 7 (formerly listed as No.6) 11.11.52 GV II Cottage. Late C18 - early C19. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; stone rubble or brick stacks topped with C19 and C20 brick; thatch roof, corrugated asbestos to the outshot. 2-room plan cottage facing north onto The Green. Central through-passage containing the stairs. End stacks in party walls shared with adjoining cottages, Nos. 5 and 9. Single storey kitchen outshot to rear of left room. Main block is 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front of late C19 - early C20 casements with glazing bars. Central doorway contains mid C19 4-fielded panel door and contemporary doorcase with elaborate pedimented overdoor with castellations and pinnacles. Roof is continuous with the adjoining cottages. Interior: No carpentry is exposed and most of the joinery detail is C19. Roof not inspected. No.7 is one of an attractive row of contemporary cottages near the Church of St Michael (q.v.) and Otterton Mill (q.v.). The cottages are unusual mixture of vernacular cob and thatch with more polite detail to the doorways and some of the windows.

Listing NGR: SY0803285236