House Adjoining House About 50 Metres North East Of Irleand Farmhouse At West

SX 48 SE CORYTON EASTCOTT

7/61 House adjoining house about 5Uii - north east of Ireland Farmhouse at west

GV II

House, now disused, at one time used as 2 cottages. Circa early C18. Rendered cob on stone, wooden shingle roof gabled at ends, formerly thatched. Left gable end hung with wooden shingles. Large central stone stack on ridge. The left-hand wall is partly constructed out of massive unworked pieces of stone. Single depth plan with 2 rooms heated from central stack. 2 storeys. 2-window symmetrical front with windows to first floor only of front no windows to rear. Plank front doors on front at left and right. 2 first floor 3-light casements, 3-panes per light, under timber lintels and with slate sills. Interior: 2 large fireplaces to stack with timber lintels and cloam ovens. Stone floor. 2 large unhewn cross beams, exposed axial beams. Pegged collar rafter roof below C20 roof. Blocked openings on rear suggest that house was in use as a shippon at one time. Unmodernized house, wooden shingles date from circa 1940.

Listing NGR: SX4745684690