Stonelands

SX 79 SE DREWSTEIGNTON CROCKERNWELL

6/89 Nos 3 and 4 Stonelands

GV II

2 cottages. Mid C17, No.3 renovated circa 1980 and No.4 renovated in 1986. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings; -tone rubble stacks topped with C20 brick; slate roof. Plan: pair of contemporary 1-room plan cottages facing north, No.3 is that to left, No.4 to right. They have gable-end stacks. C20 rear service outshots and main cottages are 2 storeys. Exterior: symmetrical 2-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars. The 2 doors are in the centre. They have probably C19 solid timber frames with C20 doors. No.3 has a gabled slate-roofed porch put there in 1986. Roof runs parallel with the street between the adjoining properties. The rear of No.3 has an original first floor oak window frame; it has chamfered mullions with rectangular panes of leaded glass. Interior: in No.3 the crossbeam is soffit-chamfered with step stops. The fireplace is stone rubble with a plain oak lintel. The roof contains a face-pegged jointed cruck truss. Only limited access was available for inspection to No 4. It has a roughly soffit-chamfered crossbeam of large scantling. The fireplace here is blocked and the roof was not inspected. According to the owners the earliest document relating to No.3 dates from 1702.

Listing NGR: SX7539592394