Cordwainer'S Cottage

IDDESLEIGH IDDESLEIGH SS 50 NE 4/130 Cordwainer's Cottage - GV II Cottage. Probably C17 but no dateable features visible. Plastered cob walls. Thatch roof gabled to front of wing and left-hand end where attached to adjoining property. Brick stack at right-hand end. Plan: 1-room plan with small wing in front of right-hand end. The purpose of this small room is unclear - possibly lack of space forced the builders to extend to the front rather than sideways, alternatively the house may have been larger once. Outbuilding wing at rear converted to domestic use. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front including one to wing projecting to right. C20 2- and 3-light casements, the left-hand first floor window is in C18 wooden frame with square section mullions. C20 stable-type door at centre behind open-fronted leanto porch. Inner face of wing has very small light on ground floor. Interior: open fireplace has oven at rear, C20 replacement wooden lintel. Roof timbers are likely to be C19, the feet of insubstantial principal rafters are visible on the first floor resting on the wall-plates.

Listing NGR: SS5697808234