Cob Cottage

NORTH TAWTON NORTH STREET, North Tawton SS 60 SE 13/117 Nos. 21 & 23 and Cob Cottage GV II 3 Cottages, originally one house. C16 with C17 alterations divided probably in C19. Rendered cob walls. Gable ended thatched roof. 2 rendered stacks, one offset from ridge at left gable end, one at right gable end. Plan: now comprises a 1-room plan cottage to the left, the right-hand cottage has 1-room at the front and another in a rear wing. Originally may have been a 2 or 3- room and through passage plan, possibly truncated at one end. Probably C17 or C18 wing behind right-hand end which was divided off to form Cob Cottage. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, No. 21 to left, No. 23 to right. C20 2-light casements on first floor in small openings. No. 21 has C19 2-light small-paned casement to the left and a C20 part-glazed door to the right. No. 23 has a 3-light small-paned C20 casement to the right of a C20 part-glazed door. Wing extends to its rear, part of which is Cob Cottage. Interior: No. 21 shows evidence of an early truss with curved feet on the first floor but no access to it in roof space.

Listing NGR: SS6640801872