Thornton'S, Porch Cottage And Greenaway

SOUTH MILTON SOUTH MILTON VILLAGE SX 74 SW 5/123 Thornton's, Porch Cottage and Greenaway 26.1.67 G.V. II

Row of 3 cottges, possibly formerly one house. Circa early - mid C17, subdivided probably in C19 and again in later C20. Plastered rubble and cob walls. Gable ended thatch roof. 3 rubble stacks with dripcourses, one axial and one at each gable end. Plan: currently 3 one-room plan cottages with rear outshuts but probably built as a 3-room-and-through-passage plan house with lower end to the left, hall heated by stack backing onto passage and with shallow window bay at the front. Divided into 2 cottages at higher end of hall in the C19; hall and lower end recently also subdivided. C19 rear outshuts built. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1 : I : 1 window front. Thornton's to the left has small-paned circa early C20 2-light casements and a C20 stable-type door to the right. Porch Cottage at the centre has late C20 2-light casements without glazing bars. The shallow hall bay at its right-hand end has been converted into a porch with a stable-type door. Small original squint window in its left-hand wall. Greenaway to the right has a C20 2-light casement without glazing bars on the 1st floor and a small-paned one below. C20 part-glazed door to the left. Interior: Porch Cottage only accessible and it did not exhibit any early features, the other cottages however, may be more unaltered inside. These cottages preserve a very traditional appearance externally.

Listing NGR: SX7000342615