Cherrywood Littlegate

NORTH BOVEY NORTH BOVEY SX 78 SW 4/248 Cherrywood and Littlegate - 23.8.55 GV II

Pair of cottages. Circa late C17 with subsequent extensions. Rendered granite rubble walls, thatched roof gabled to right ½-hipped to left. 2 rendered stone stacks with drip-moulds at gable ends, left-hand stack now on axial stack. Littlegate (right-hand cottage) has 1 heated room with direct entry, C20 extension. Cherrywood has direct entry into heated room with another room beyond, possibly a later extension. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front of 2-light late C19 casements with glazing bars, centre right window on 1st floor is one light. C20 plank door to left. To right are 2 doorways under a single lean-to slate roofed porch giving access to each cottage through C20 plank door. Cherrywood has slate dripmoulds above ground floor windows. On left-hand gable end ground floor is canted 3-light bay window supported on wooden brackets 2 casement windows on lst floor 1-light to the left and 2-lights to the right. Littlegate has 2 storey C20 extension attached to and set back from right gable end. Interior of Littlegate has 1 substantial cross beam, roughly chamfered with no stops. Roof space not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX7405383864