The Old Rectory Cottage Including Boundary Wall Adjoining To East

THROWLEIGH THROWLEIGH SX 69 SE 1/246 The Old Rectory Cottage including boundary wall adjoining to east.

GV II

Cottage. Probably C18, renovated circa 1980. Granite stone rubble tending to courses; granite stack; thatch roof, tile to outshot. Plan: 2-room plan cottage. It faces west although its left (north) end wall is more prominent from the village centre. Axial stack between the 2 room serves the larger left room. 2 storeys and C20 service outshots to rear. Exterior: The present doorway is recessed at the right end of the front and contains a C19 plank door with side light. There is a C20 casement with glazing bars to left and another above in a late C19 gabled and tile-roofed half dormer. The roof is hipped. The left end has a 16-pane sash right of a blocked doorway and another casement with glazing bars above. Interior has plain carpentry detail were exposed and a rebuilt granite ashlar fireplace. Roofspace not inspected but the bases of roughly-finished A-frame truss principals are exposed on the first floor. From the left end wall a high granite rubble wall extends eastwards shielding the C20 rear outshots and garden from the village. This cottage forms part of a group with other listed buildings that make up the attractive centre of Throwleigh village.

Listing NGR: SX6680290761