1 and 2, Thornes Cottages

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SS 5612 13/90

DOLTON WEST LANE Nos. 1 and 2 Thornes Cottages

(Formerly listed as Nos. 1 and 2 Thorn Cottages)

21.2.77

GV II Pair of cottages likely to have been one house. Circa early C18 with C19 additions. Rendered cob walls. Gable-ended thatch roof. Brick axial stack and one at right gable-end.

Plan: original plan obscured by subdivision but likely to have been three rooms with the left and right-hand rooms heated. At present No 1 consists of two rooms -probably subdivided from one - and No 2 has two larger rooms. C19 outshut added behind No 1.

Exterior: two storeys. Asymmetrical three window front - 1:2 - No 1 to left. C19 small paned two-light casements with eyebrows in thatch above first floor windows which have C19 decorative barge-boards with pendant finials. No 2 to right has C20 glazed porch/conservatory to right of centre with C19 part-glazed door behind and French windows adjoining it. C20 door to No 1 in left gable-end with thatch roof outshut behind this end.

Interior: of No 1 only accessible at time of survey and exhibited no original internal features although they may have been concealed; No 2 may contain more.

Listing NGR: SS5693312105