Upper School Cottage Willow Cottage

SP 03 SW WINCHCOMBE THE STREET, GRETTON (south side) 1/195 Willow Cottage and 4.7.60 Upper School Cottage (formerly listed as: new School Cottage)

• II

School house and dwelling, now two dwellings. C17 with major C20 additions and C19 modifications. Coursed and squared limestone, concrete stone slates. A rambling composition with various gables and dormers, street front is two gabled, of which right half is old and left is C20, older gable 2-light over 3-light hollow chamfer mullion casements with stopped drips; return wall, right includes external eaves stack to right of door to Willow Cottage and 2½ storey gable to Upper School Cottage including single light opening to roof space and 2-light reserve chamfer mullion casements at ground and first floor; late C20 door and gabled porch. On east front corresponding gable has single light in gable over 2-light reserve chamfer mullioned case- ment under stopped drip at first floor and C20 steel casement at ground floor. Also to this front, right of 3-storey gable is very wide early plank door. Interior of Upper School Cottage has deep chamfered beams, one timber framed partition with wattle and daub, fireplace with chamfered bressumer to good stone cheeks, and roof light in east gable with early internal shutter. Although much modified, this property still has architectural and historic interest.

Listing NGR: SP0079830391