Fern Cottage Rock Cottage

WESTLEIGH WESTLEIGH SS 42 NE 3/145 Fern Cottage and Rock Cottage GV II 2 adjoining cottages. C17, Fern Cottage extended probably in C18 and Rock Cottage in C19. Rendered stone and cob. Slate roofs, asbestos slate to Fern Cottage. Shared axial rubble stack, rebuilt rear lateral brick stack to Fern Cottage. Original core of each cottage consists of a single room to each side of shared stack. Fern Cottage was extended, possibly in C18 by addition of a 1 1/2 room 2 storey range set slightly at an angle to the original, with the principal room heated by the rear stack. In C19 a right-angled front wing was added at left end of Rock Cottage, forming an overall L-shaped plan. 2 storeys. Fern Cottage has 3 window range, 2 light casements, 2 panes per light. Ground floor has 2 light horizontal sliding sash 6 panes per light to left and 4 over 8 paned sash to right of gabled slate roof to timber porch with shaped bargeboards and decorative pendant and lozenge motifs to the pilasters. 4 panelled inner door. Front wing of Rock Cottage has two 16 paned sashes over 12 paned sash to right of plank door. Outshut to rear of both cottages. Interiors: Both cottages retain some C19 joinery, including 2 panelled doors to Fern Cottage. No access to roofspace but feet of trusses suggest the late C17 or C18 roof structure is mainly intact.

Listing NGR: SS4717228663