Numbers 1, 2 And 3 Southtown Cottages

SX 98 SE 6/257 12.2.88

KENTON SOUTH TOWN, Kenton Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Southtown Cottages

GV II

3 adjoining cottages. C17 or earlier. Plastered cob and stone; the main range has end stacks with brick shafts and a rear lateral stack in the centre. Plan: single depth plan with a larger double-fronted cottage in the centre flanked by smaller cottages to left and right, each with front doors towards the centre. Evidence of the C17 plan with a large hall to the left of a cross passage, a smaller room to the right, the extreme right end room probably a later addition. Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 1:2:1 window front with 2 additional windows. The left hand and centre cottages have C19 plank and cover strip front doors, the right hand cottage has a later panelled front door. Set of late C18 or C19 small pane sliding sashes, except for one to the right of the front door of No. 2 which is a C17 timber mullioned window with chamfered mullions and one additional C20 window to the first floor of No 3. Interior: 2 chamfered step-stopped cross beams to the 2 left hand rooms, rough axial beam to right hand room. Fireplaces rebuilt. Group value with other thatched houses and the Old Estate Office.

Listing NGR: SX9654283091