Dart Cottage Higher Dart

Dart Cottage and Higher Dart are a pair of houses situated on Manor Street in Dittisham. The main house dates to around 1835, and it was later divided into two separate dwellings in the late 20th century. The construction is of stuccoed walls, likely over a stone rubble core, with a painted ashlar plinth. The rear is slate-hung. The roof is hipped, covered with asbestos slate and featuring black glazed ridge tiles and truncated chimney stacks. The original plan comprised a double-depth layout, with two principal front rooms and a central entrance passage giving access to a straight staircase at the rear. Service rooms behind the front rooms may have been added in the mid-19th century. In the late 20th century, a partition was removed from the entrance passage, and a doorway was inserted at the left-hand side of the front elevation into what became Higher Dart. The south front is symmetrical, with three original 12-pane sash windows on each floor. The central doorway retains its original 19th-century 6-panel door (the bottom two panels being flush and reeded) and a rectangular overlight with diamond-patterned glazing bars. Three limestone steps lead to the doorway, and a 19th-century cast-iron boot-scraper is set into the wall to the left. A 20th-century panelled door provides access to Higher Dart, while a 20th-century plank door allows access to the cellar. The right-hand end of the front elevation has stuccoed quoins, and a 20th-century 12-pane sash window is located on the first floor. The rear elevation is slate-hung and features 19th-century sashes with margin panes. The interior of Dart Cottage, the right-hand dwelling, includes the original 19th-century straight staircase with stuck balusters, turned column newels, a moulded handrail, and a simple 19th-century moulded chimney piece in the right-hand room.