Ollycot

Ollycot is a house located on the south side of Ford Street in Moretonhampstead. It dates from the late 15th century or early 16th century but was largely rebuilt and extended in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of roughcast granite rubble and has a dry slate roof with gabled ends. It features a single room plan with a carriageway to the right and a later wing at the rear. There is an additional room on the first floor above the carriageway, and the main entrance is accessed from inside the carriageway.

Originally, Ollycot was part of No. 17 Ford Street and represented the lower end of a three-room-through-passage house. In the early 19th century, it was enlarged and remodeled, possibly entirely rebuilt, to become a separate house. The carriageway occupies the position of the original through-passage. A lateral stack on the rear wall likely dates from the early 19th century rebuilding. The house is two storeys high and has a two-window range. The left-hand ground and first floor feature early 19th-century tripartite sashes with glazing bars, consisting of a 12-pane centre light and 4-pane side lights. There is also an early 19th-century 12-pane sash on the first floor above the carriageway, which has a timber lintel and concealed jambs.

The main entrance is located inside the carriageway to the left, within a rubble and stud wall. The rendered gable end stacks include one that served the now-demolished adjoining house and another that serves No. 17. The rendered rear lateral stack now also heats the rear wing. Inside, the ceiling beams in the main range are roughly chamfered with run-out stops, and there is a chamfered ceiling beam on the first floor. The rear wing may have a reused chamfered ceiling beam with one bar stop and a grooved soffit for a screen. The first floor contains some panelled doors and one 18th-century fielded two-panel door. The main roof features late 19th-century softwood king-post trusses. Ollycot's early origins and largely unaltered early 19th-century exterior contribute significantly to the street, especially as it adjoins the medieval No. 17, of which it was once a part.