Rowan Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. A C17 Cottage.

Rowan Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
eastward-ember-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SS 70 SE SANDFORD LOWER NEWBUILDINGS

2/240 Rowan Tree Cottage

GV II

Cottage; part of former farmhouse. Early-mid C17, extended in C19. Plastered cob on rubble footings; rubble stacks topped with C19 brick. Gable-ended cottage facing south-east (away from road). The right (north-east) room was originally the inner room of a C17 farmhouse which was subdivided and enlarged (to left) in C19. Axial stack to right room and rear lateral stack to left room. 2 storeys. Irregular 3-window front of late C19 and C20 casements. Each room has a C20 door at right side, the right one behind a C20 glass-sided porch. Right room has early- mid C17 crossbeam with double-ovolo moulding and leaf-decorated step stops; oak fireplace lintel has rebated ogee moulding and leaf-decorated step stops. Roof inaccessible but probably replaced in C19. Remainder of original farmhouse occupied by Lower Shoplands (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SS7968803707

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