The Little House

STOKENHAM STOKENHAM SX8042 The Little House 14/226 GV II

Small house. C17 with small C20 extensions. Rendered stone rubble and possibly cob. Thatched roof, half-hipped to left and gabled to right. Large painted stone rubble stack at right hand end with set-offs and slate weathering. Plan: 1-room plan with a fireplace in the stack at the higher right end and a stair turret on the rear right hand corner. There might have been a small unheated room at the left end originally. The entrance is in the left end wall through a C20 outshut which has a C20 porch on the front. Exterior. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical. 2-window east front C2O 2-light casement with leaded panes, 2 on the ground floor with slate hoodmoulds, one on first floor with eyebrow in eaves above. Doorway and C20 porch to left in C20 lean-to outshut on left end. Rear elevation: Large semi-circular stair turret to left. Interior: Later ceiling joists. Large stone rubble fireplace with chamfered timber lintel with cyme stops and remains of bread oven. Plank door at bottom of stairs with H-L hinges. Newel stairs in stair turret. Roof space not accessible but straight principals visible in chamber are probably original.

Listing NGR: SX8063142932