Ivy Cottage Walters Cottage

WESTLEIGH WESTLEIGH SS 42 NE 3/149 Ivy Cottage and Walters Cottage GV II 2 adjoining cottages. Probably C17 extended in C19. Rendered stone rubble and cob. Slate roof with gable ends. Stone rubble stack at left end with tapered cap drip and conical slate roof to corbelled out bread oven. Stone rubble stack at right end with tapered cap. Main range built gable end to road. Walters Cottage at left end has 1½ room plan, with direct entry to larger room which has winder staircase to rear right hand corner. 2 room plan to Ivy Cottage with C19 gable-ended wing projecting at right angles to the main range, forming overall T-shape on plan. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical principally C19 fenestration. Ivy Cottage (to roadside) has 2 light casement 6 panes per light on each floor to left of stack at right gable end. Two 2-light casements 8 panes per light above similar casement to left of plank door to C19 wing. 2-light casement 8 panes per light or return wall of main range to right of doorway. Interior of Walters Cottage only inspected. No access to roofspace but feet of heavy principals suggest original roof structure probably intact.

Listing NGR: SS4718028498