Lilac Cottage

UPOTTERY RAWRIDGE ST 20 NW 7/128 Lilac Cottage - GV II Cottage. Probably C18, modernised circa 1960. Plastered local stone and flint rubble, maybe with some cob; stone rubble stack topped with C19 brick; thatch roof. Plan: 3-room plan cottage facing south-south-west, say south. The centre room is heated by an axial stack backing onto the right (east) end room. Both end rooms are unheated. The entrance and staircase lie between the centre and left (west) end rooms. Since most of the structural timbers have been plastered over it is not possible to determine any details of the original layout or any development. 2 storeys. Exterior: irregular 2-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars, the first floor ones rising a short distance into the eaves. The front doorway is towards the left end and it contains a C20 door behind a contemporary porch. The main roof is half-hipped each end. In the rear wall there is a first floor window at the east end which is C19 or earlier, a 2-light casement containing rectangular panes of leaded glass. Interior: was not available for inspection at the time of this survey but the owner claims that all the beams have been boxed in and the fireplace is blocked. All that could be seen was the result of the circa 1960 modernisation. Lilac Cottage is one of a group of listed buildings that make up the scattered hamlet of Rawridge.

Listing NGR: ST2005006417