Madge'S Cottage, Vine Cottage And The Old School Cottage

DOLTON

CROSS HANDS, Dolton

SS 5712 14/68

Madge's Cottage, Vine Cottage and The Old School Cottage

21.2.77 GV II

Row of 3 cottages. Circa later (:17 to early C18 with C19 additions. Plastered cob walls. Thatch roof gabled to right end hipped to left. Brick axial stack, one at right gable end and rear lateral stack. Plan: the 2 outer cottages have a 2-room plan, the central one has a 1-room plan. C19 rear outshuts. Single storey 1-room C19 addition at end of The Old School Cottage - probably the former school room. Exterior: 2 storeys. Madge's Cottage to left has asymmetrical 2-window front of small-paned C19 or early C20 2-light casements with a C20 part-glazed door to the left and a leanto C19 porch to the right with similar door. Vine Cottage at centre as asymmetrical 1-window front of C20 3-light casements and a leanto porch to right with C20 part-glazed door. Old School Cottage to the right has a regular 2-window front of C19 2-light casements to the left and early C19 12-pane sashes to the right. Central leanto porch with early C19 6-panel door behind. Lower slate roofed addition at right-hand end. All 1st floor windows have small gables in the thatch above. Interiors inaccessible at time of survey.

Listing NGR: SS5725412217