Millhayes

COTLEIGH ST 20 SW 11/2 Millhayes - - II

Cottage. C17 with C20 extension and modernisation. Local stone rubble with some brick dressings; slate rubble stack and chimneyshaft; thatch roof. Plan: 3-room plan cottage facing west-south-west, say west. Both end rooms are unheated and the centre room has an axial stack backing onto the right (south) room. A larger 2-storey bay projects forward from the centre and there is a porch in the angle of this bay (on its right) and the main block. It seems that the bay, the porch, and the right room (the present kitchen and containing the main stair) are the result of a major C20 refurbishment; maybe a new build, maybe a rebuild of earlier outbuildings. The C17 house is the large heated room (now in the centre) and the smaller unheated room at the left end. 2 storeys. Exterior: irregular 2:1:1 window front of C19 and C20 casements mostly with glazing bars. The older windows are confined to the left 2-window section where a couple contain rectangular panes of leaded glass. The roof is gable-ended with the right gable as a glass sun roof. The front bay roof is half-hipped. The eaves are carried down over the porch which includes a round-headed doorway containing a C20 door in its side. Interior: was not available for inspection at the time of this survey although C17 carpentry was seen in the heated room including a chamfered axial beam and large fireplace with oak-framed front.

Listing NGR: ST2115702795