Shrove Cottage

CHEDWORTH PANCAKE HILL SP0611-0711 (Lower Chedworth) 12/267 Shrove Cottage

GV II

Formerly two cottages. now one detached house. Early C18. extended and roof raised C19: many C20 window replacements. Mainly limestone rubble, some coursed and squared to original front; stone slate roof. A symmetrical 2-storey, 2-window cottage extended one bay right, with gabled wash-house at right angles, left and parallel with ridge, right; lean-to at left, one-storey, and late C20 glazed porch, right. A one-room thick cottage set against ground slope with in-windowed back: interior much modified from original plan. Ground floor has two 5-light recessed chamfer stone-mullioned casements with some early leading. flanking C20 glazed door under deep plain stone lintol. To right a 2-light wood casement in former door opening, and a 3-light casement, both to wood lintols. First floor has 5-light C20 wood casements; to right of central door is a 2-light stone mullioned window to cellar. Left lean-to has wide plank door, then at right angles wash-house with door and window. Right end has gabled wash-house with 2 casements, and C20 glazed door and porch. Gables plain stone ashlar stack, left. Back plain, two lay-lights in roof plane. Interior has deep stone-checked bressomer left. with bread oven and ingle seat; flanked by wood spiral through two floors. Two rough chamfered beams in large roan; one rough chamfered large spine beam in right room. Stone steps to cellar back of main room. No features of interest at first floor level: roof not accessible, but is of late C19 structure. Left wash-house retains cast iron pump to stone container above 12m deep well.

Listing NGR: SP0686811076