Barley Mow Cottages

Barley Mow Cottages are a pair of cottages located on the north side of High Street in Chittlehampton. They were likely built in the late 18th century and were remodeled in the late 19th century. The cottages are constructed from rendered stone rubble and cob, featuring a half-hipped thatch roof with a shared rear lateral stone rubble stack. The rear kitchen wing and outshut have slate roofs, with the outshut also having a rear lateral stone rubble stack topped with a brick shaft.

Originally, the cottages had a mirror plan layout, with adjacent parlour/kitchens sharing a stack for their fireplaces at the rear angles. Both cottages originally included bread ovens and small outer service rooms with staircases at the rear. In the 20th century, the internal partition was removed from the left-hand cottage, but the 19th-century winder staircase remains in its original position. A two-storey rear kitchen wing was added in the late 19th century. The right-hand cottage still retains its internal partition, with the staircase located in the 1½ storey rear kitchen outshut, likely added in the early 19th century.

The cottages are two storeys tall and feature a symmetrical four-window range. The late 19th-century windows are fitted with two-light casements, each with four panes per light, while the topmost pane is divided into six smaller panes. Only the ground floor window at the left end has been replaced with a two-light casement containing two panes per light. Each cottage has a central brick porch with chamfered quoins that are corbelled out to support lean-to roofs covered in fishscale patterned clay tiles. The doors are made of 19th-century planks.

Inside, the principal fireplaces have rounded backs and plain timber lintels. The 19th-century staircases and some joinery are still present. The roof structure consists of three trusses with straight principals that are halved and pegged at the apex, featuring trenched purlins and lapped collars. Barley Mow Cottages were part of the Rolle Estate, and their late 19th-century appearance is typical of many buildings owned by the estate. There are also claims that the cottages were once an alehouse.