Cottage Immediately North Of Yarner

HACCOMBE-WITH-COMBE HIGHER NETHERTON SX 89 71

15/129 Cottage immediately north of Yarner -

GV II

Cottage. C17 origins, C20 renovations. Colourwashed rendered stone and cob ; thatched roof, gabled at ends ; rear lateral stack. Plan: The present arrangement is a single-depth cottage with a large heated room to the left and a smaller room to the right. 2 entrances : one into the smaller room ; another, on the left return, directly into the heated room. The cottage is evidently the remains of a larger C17 house which extended further to the right : the front wall continues as a short stub at the right and the right end wall is only partition thickness at first floor level. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2 window front, the eaves thatch eyebrowed over the first floor window to the right. C20 front door at extreme right ; 2 ground floor C20 2-light timber casements with glazing bars. The left return has a thatched porch on posts and 1930s door into the heated room; 1 ground floor and 1 first floor 2-light C20 timber casements with glazing bars. The right return has 2 first floor and 1 ground floor C20 timber windows; the rear elevation is blind. Interior: The left hand room has a chamfered step-stopped crossbeam and exposed joists ; the fireplace has red sandstone jambs, a step-stopped lintel and a hearth window. A C20 stair rises against the rear wall but a curved depression in the wall suggests the existance of an earlier stair. Roof: Apex not inspected at time of survey (1987) but 2 of the principal rafters of the collar rafter roof trusses are supported on vertical timber posts. Group value with Yarner.

Listing NGR: SX8927571189