Pair Of Cottages At Langdown Cross

SX 69 NE SOUTH TAWTON LANGDOWN CROSS

1/293 Pair of cottages at Langdown Cross

GV II

Pair of cottages. Late 1900. Local stone rubble laid to rough courses with granite ashlar quoins; stone or brick stacks with brick chimneyshafts; slate roof with pierced crested ridgetiles. Plan: pair of contemporary cottages facing south-east. Each is a mirror plan of the other. The centre part breaks forward being 2 rooms deep, each cottage 1 room wide either side of an axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces. Each cottage has a third room in a room with rear lateral stack projecting outwards from the rear room. Each has an entrance porch in the angle between the rooms. 2 storeys with probably integral outshots across the rear. Exterior: symmetrical front. Only the projecting centre contains front windows, 1 to each cottage, all original casements with glazing bars and the first floor ones are gabled half dormers with plain bargeboards. Lean-to porches in the angles containing plain plank doors. The roof over the central part is tall and hipped both ends and the outer wings are gable-ended. Further windows in the end walls. Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX6759096760