Thornton'S, Porch Cottage And Greenaway is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Cottages.
Thornton'S, Porch Cottage And Greenaway
- WRENN ID
- broken-corner-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Cottages
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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
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