Halsdon Mill Cottage

SS 51 SE 5/48

DOLTON Halsdon Mill Cottage

GV II

Small house. Circa late C17 or early C18. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Hipped thatch roof. Brick axial stack. Plan: 2 principal rooms both heated by central axial stack with entry into right- hand room. At the opposite end of this room to the stack is a very small service room at the front with winder stairs at rear - both probably original features. Beyond the left-hand heated room is a small room created in the late C20 although a slightly larger room had formerly existed there; it is unclear whether it was an original feature or the heated room extended right to the end of the house. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3 window front of later C19 or early C20 small- paned 2-light casements to left on each floor, early C19 horizontal sliding 12-pane sashes at centre and narrow single light C20 casements to right. C20 part-glazed door to right of centre. Interior: rough wany ceiling beams. Fireplace in large right-hand room has late C17 bolection moulded chimneypiece which comes from Halsdon House (q.v). Early C18 2-panel door. Roof timbers are rough straight principals. This small house survives in an unaltered state preserving an attractive traditional exterior and with no later additions.

Listing NGR: SS5594212771