Orchard Cottage

HARTLAND STOKE SS 22 SW

3/187 Orchard Cottage

2.6.77

GV II

Cottage, probably formerly a pair,now amalgamated for a single dwelling. Circa early C17 altered in C19. Smooth rendered and whitewashed walls probably on a rubble core. Thatched roof with gabled ends. 3 stacks on left gable a C20 brick shaft, to centre a C20 brick shaft, to right gable a rubble stack of C17 form with dripcourse and tapering cap. Plan: single room depth. 3-room-and-through-passage plan. Hall stack backs onto passage. Exterior: 2 storeys. 3:2 windows, 2-light casements with glazing bars, except C20 single-light casement on first floor. Door opening to centre, 4-panelled door, C20 slated lean-to rendered porch, 2-light window to the right. Right return with a 2- light iron casement on first floor with diamond-paned leaded lights, 3-light plastered probably wooden mullion window on the ground floor with diamond-paned lights. Lean-to of a single storey at right-angles to rear of right end with a slate roof, C19 2-light casement facing front. Iron-railed forecourt. Interior: with 2 fireplaces with wooden bressumers on the ground floor. Roof: there is some evidence the roof may be of cruck construction.

Listing NGR: SS2372624660