Fairbrook Cottage

NORTH BOVEY SX78 SW 4/192 Fairbrook Cottage - 23.8.55 II

Small house. Early C19. Rendered granite rubble walls with brick gable end stacks. Thatched roof with gable ends. Plan of central stairhall with large heated room either side and smaller service rooms behind. Small room to the far left perhaps originally summerhouse, C20 extensions at rear. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front with central door, small separate section to far left. First floor windows 2-light late C20 casements originally horizontal sliding sashes (photograph 1950), roof raised in slight eyebrows above windows. Front door probably original panelled door top panels now glazed. Symmetrically placed either side are original French windows with marginal lights. Extending almost the whole length is a verandah with hipped slate roof supported on wooden posts, probably original. To far left is attached small 2 storey Gothick summerhouse with pointed arched doorway and similar window above, battlemented at the top, possibly re-using old materials. Adjoining front of house to the right is tall granite rubble garden wall incorporating, next to the house, a re-used granite 4-centred arched doorway with roll mouldings and chamfered plinth. C20 two storey extensions at rear. Interior contains early C19 staircase with turned newels and stick balusters. Arched recesses beside fireplaces. Panelled surrounds to French windows.

Listing NGR: SX7396683642