The Old Cottage

FREMINGTON FREMINGTON SS 53 SW 2/36 The Old Cottage II House. Early C17, extended to rear in C20. Rendered stone and cob. Asbestos slate roof. Stack at left gable end and axial rubble stack with tapered cap. 3-room former through-passage plan, the rear doorway now blocked, with the hall stack backing onto the passage. C20 2-storey extension to rear left end forming overall L-shaped plan. 2 storeys. 3-window range C20 3-light casements, those to right have diamond leaded panes. Ground floor has gabled porch with slate roof. 6-panelled door, the upper panels glazed. 2-light window to right, 2 panes per light and a 3-light casements, 4 panes per light, one 2-light casement 6 panes per light and a 2-light window 2 panes per light to left. Interior: Plank and muntin screen between hall and inner room, 6 panels wide, the muntins and headrail chamfered on hall side, with doorway at right end with renewed timber surround. Ceiling beams renewed, some original joists. Single raised cruck truss forming closed partition over hall/inner room, with some renewed timber. Trenched purlins and ridge purlin. No sign of smoke-blackening. Remaining roof structure replaced in C20.

Listing NGR: SS5143132391