Cott Court

DARTINGTON SX7861 - SX7961 COTT 13/113 Nos 1, 2 and 3 Cott Court

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House, converted into a row of cottages. Probably C16, remodelled in late C17 or C18 and extended probably in C18. Roughened stone rubble. No 3 to the left has slate roof with half-hipped end. Nos 1 and 3 have roof at slightly higher level with gabled ends and asbestos slates. Rendered chimney stacks: at right hand gable end, axial stack to left of centre and rear lateral stack to right of centre which has set-offs and slate weathering. Plan: Probably a 3 room and through passage plan house, the higher end to the left. Originally probably at least the hall was open to the roof, the evidence for which is some reused smoke-blackened principal rafters. In the late C17 or early C18 a floor was inserted with a stack backing onto the passage at the lower end of the hall. The inner room is unheated but the lower room to the right is heated from a rear lateral stack. The range was extended by a one-room plan addition at the lower right end, possibly in the C18 when the house was divided into three cottages. Exterior: 2 storeys hung asymmetrical approximately 7-window range of late C19 and C20 2 and 3-light casements with glazing bars, 3 doorways with C20 glazed bars and asbestos slated canopies each with one side wall. 2 single storey flat roof extensions at rear and another at left end. Interior: the 2 left hand rooms in No 3 possibly the former hall and wine rooms have chamfered cross beams with run-out stops. The passage in No2 of the centre has large square section joists and plank and muntin screen on the left side which has unchamfered muntins on the passage side and is plastered on the lower room side; this room has cross joists with bead moulding and a rear lateral fireplace with an unchamfered timber lintel and stone rubble joints. No 1 is the addition of the lower right end; and has lightly chamfered ceiling beams and a blocked gable end fireplace with a framed stair to the side of the stack. Roof: straight principals with pegged joints; some of the principals are reused and smoke blackened and have mortices for threaded purlins.

Listing NGR: SX7884161750