Marigold Cottage

UPLOWMAN WHITNAGE ST Ol NW 4/192 Marigold Cottage - - II

Cottage. Cl7, refurbished and enlarged in the mid C19, extension of late C19 - early C20, modernised with service outshot of circa 1980. The older parts are probably plastered cob on stone rubble footings, the C19 work is probably plastered cob on stone rubble; stone rubble stacks topped with plastered brick chimneyshafts, slate to late C19 - early C20 extension and circa 1980 outshot. Plan and development: 3-room plan cottage facing south east. The left room, the parlour, has a projecting gable-end stack. The centre room, the former kitchen,has an axial stack backing onto the unheated right (north-east) end room. Entrance lobby and main stair between the centre and left rooms. The Cl7 cottage had a 2-room plan. This was the central room and a small unheated lobby (where the entrance hall and stair now are). The left room was a mid C19 parlour extension. The right room was the late C19 - early C20 extension. Circa 1980 outshot to rear of centre and right end room contains the present kitchen and a garage. The main cottage is 2 storeys. Exterior: irregular 4-window front of C19 and C20 replacement casements with glazing bars. The left end windows are unusually large. The front doorway is left of centre and now contains a C20 door under a contemporary thatch hood. The roof is gable-ended. Interior: the centre room, the main room of the C17 cottage has a soffit-chamfered and step-stopped crossbeam and the fireplace here is stone rubble with an oak lintel (its soffit cut back a little) and a side oven, the housing of which intrudes into the room. The left end C19 parlour has plain joists exposed. Roof not inspected although the bases of straight principals from A-frame trusses show.

Listing NGR: ST0294515496