Southcote Cottage

In the entry for:

SS 71 SW 2/51 CHAWLEIGH SHOOTING LANE Southcott Cottage

the name shall be amended to read: Southcote Cottage

SS 71 SW 2/51

CHAWLEIGH SHOOTING LANE Southcott Cottage

GV II

Cottage. Late C17 - early C18 with C19 and C20 additions. Plastered cob on rubble footings; stone rubble or cob stack topped with C20 brick; thatch roof, a small part slated. Main block facing south-east with 2-room plan, the larger right (north-eastern) room with projecting end stack. Small 1-room extension set back from front right end with roof parallel to main block. Outshot on left end and C20 glass-sided conservatory to rear. 2 storeys. Vaguely symmetrical 2-window front with those on first floor having thatch eyebrows over and having glazing bars. Original central doorway now blocked by C20 window although C20 porch still remains. Rubble outshot with slate lean-to-roof on left end contains C20 door and porch with gabled and interlocking concrete the roof. Main roof is hipped to left and gable ended to right. Right extension roof also gable ended and is thatch to front and slate to rear. It has high exposed rubble footings and contains C20 casements and door. Interior has plain carpentry detail in main block. Rubble fireplace has oak lintel with slight soffit chamfer with runout stops. Original roof structure survives. It has unusually highly-pitched roof carried on a series of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.

Listing NGR: SS7126312213