Kindle Cottage

KINGSTEIGNTON GREENHILL LANE, Kingsteignton SX 87 SE 5/142 Kindle Cottage - GV II

Cottage. Early C18, late C20 addition. Colourwashed cob and stone; asbestos slate roof, gabled at ends; projecting right end stack, projecting stack with set-offs attached at left end, formerly part of an adjacent building which has been demolished. Single cell cottage, approximately square on plan originally with heated room, a front door in the right end wall adjacent to the stack and a stair in the opposite corner. A partition has been inserted parallel with the rear wall forming a small service room and a single-storey bathroom has been added adjoining the right end with access from the service room. 2 storeys. 1 window front elevation to Greenhill Lane with 1 first floor 12-pane sash and one 2-light ground floor casement, 6 panes per light. The right end has a C19 panelled front door to the left and a 2-light first floor casement, 2 panes per light. Documents in the possession of the owner include a lease of 1741 and several successive records of change of ownership. A rare example of a relatively unaltered single-cell cottage which forms a group with Berry Farmhouse and Nos 2, 4 and 6 Vicarage Hill.

Listing NGR: SX8730972996