Southwick Southwick Cottage

THELBRIDGE NO MAN'S LAND SS 81 SW 3/268 - Southwick and Southwick Cottage - II

House and adjoining cottage, the Rising Sun Inn until circa 1870. Early C18. Plastered cob on rubble footings, rubble stacks topped with C19 brick; thatched roof. 4-room plan building facing south with axial stacks, one between left (western) end room and left of centre room and second serving right (east) of centre room. Main door left of centre makes lobby entry plan and secondary door to cottage at right end. Outshots to rear. 2 storeys. Overall 4-window front of late C19 horned 16- pane sashes containing some original crown glass panes. Main door right of centre has C19 double 3-panelled doors and C18 cob or rubble slate-roofed and gabled porch which has round-headed outer arch including a sort of downward dimple at the apex. Secondary cottage door at right end has C20 slate-roofed and gabled porch. Roof is hipped each end. Interior has C18 roughly finished crossbeams and rubble fireplaces with plain oak lintels. Roof of C18 A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars and X-apexes seating the ridge. Some of sashes have late C19 panelled shutters which fold into internal reveals.

Listing NGR: SS8353013940