Seldon Cottage And 1 And 2 Rectory Cottages

SS 50 NE 4/204

MONKOKEHAMPTON MONKOKEHAMPTON Seldon Cottage and 1 and 2 Rectory Cottages

GV II

3 attached cottages, 1 and 2 Rectory Cottages may originally have been one house. Probably mid to later C17 Seldon Cottage is of a different build to the other 2 and was extended and partly rebuilt in C19. Rendered cob and rubble walls. Gable-ended slate roof to Seldon Cottage, Rectory Cottages have a gable ended thatch roof. Large projecting rendered rubble stack at front of Seldon Cottage; rendered brick stack at right gable end of Rectory Cottages and brick axial stack. Plan: Seldon Cottage to the left is evidently a different build to Rectory Cottages but it is not clear which is the earlier. Seldon has a 2-room plan with central passage, the left-hand room heated by a front lateral stack. In the C19 it was built out at the rear to make it double depth. No.2 Rectory Cottage at the centre has a 2-room plan, No.1 to its right has a 1-room plan - they may originally have been a 3-room-and-through-passage plan house. Exterior: Seldon Cottage set back at left-hand end has asymmetrical 1-window front with projecting lateral stack to left-hand side and C20 2-light casement to right on 1st floor with 3-light late C19 or early C20 casement below. To its left is C20 timber lattice open-fronted porch with C19 4 panel door behind. Nos. 1 and 2 Rectory Cottages have asymmetrical 3-window front, 2 to No.2 to left which are C20 2-light casements. C20 part-glazed door to right of centre. No.2 to right has late C20 PVC 2-light windows and C20 glazed door at centre under gable doorhood. Interior: of Seldon exhibits no early features and its fireplace has been rebuilt. Rectory Cottage have rough wany ceiling joists and party rebuilt open fireplaces with wooden lintels.

Listing NGR: SS5819905385