Prudence Cottage And Modesty Cottage

HATHERLEIGH HIGH STREET, (south side), SS 5404 Hatherleigh 11/42 Nos 26A and 28 - (Prudence Cottage and Modesty Cottage) GV II

Pair of cottages. C17 with C18 addition. Plastered and rendered cob walls. Gable ended thatch roof. Projecting rendered rubble stack with brick shaft at left gable end, brick stack at right-hand end. Plan: No. 28 has 1-room plan with rear wing, No. 26A has 2-room plan, right-hand room heated, with rear wing - both wings probably C18. Exterior: No. 28 to left has asymmetrical 1-window front of late C20 leaded pane 2 and 3-light casements, the 3-light window to ground floor has arched lights. C20 plank door to right. No. 26A has a 2-window front of circa late C18 or early c19 horizontal sliding 12-pane sashes on first floor with low rails in front of them. C20 2 and 3-light casements on ground floor. C20 glazed door at centre under flat doorhood. Interior of No. 26A has open fireplace with chamfered and stopped wooden lintel. On the first floor the feet of straight principal rafters are visible but there is no loft access. No. 28 has a C17 chamfered ceiling beam with straight-cut stops. It also has no loft access but heavy purlins are visible on the first floor suggesting an early roof structure.

Listing NGR: SS5424104369