Moor Cottage

SHOBROOKE MOOR LANE SS 80 SE 2/77 Moor Cottage - - II House, probably 2 cottages originally. C18 or earlier. Roughcast on cob on rubble footings with sections of rubble and brick; volcanic stone and cob stacks topped with brick; thatched roof, gabled each end. 2-storeys, 4-room plan. Double lateral stack projecting from right end of front (west side) and projecting gable-end stack to left. Irregular 3-window front of C19 or C20 timber casements, 3- and 2-light, 3 and 6 panes per casement, all to left of 2-phase stack, partly cob, mostly stone, patched with brick, two 5- and small central 2-light windows. Front door set roughly central overall with open-sided thatched porch supported on reused reproduction carved bed-posts. House possibly derived from earlier 3-room and through passage plan but more likely from a row of at least 2 cottages. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS8698501416