Dunbarcott Jasmine Cottage The Nook

A row of three adjoining cottages dating from the early to mid-18th century, with possible earlier fabric in Dunbarcott. The cottages are constructed of unrendered stone rubble, with brick dressings to Jasmine Cottage and The Nook. They have slate roofs, with a hipped roof at the left end and a wing at the right end. A lateral brick stack rises from the rear of Dunbarcott, with rendered stacks at each end of Jasmine Cottage, and a stack set off the ridge to the rear of The Nook.

Dunbarcott, at the left end, has a virtually symmetrical two-room and central passage plan, with the right-hand room heated by a rear lateral stack. Jasmine Cottage also has a symmetrical two-room and central passage plan. The Nook, at the right end, has an L-shaped plan consisting of a wide two-room and entrance hall to the left of the entrance and a projecting wing to the right.

The cottages are two stories high. Dunbarcott features a two-window front, with four-paned horned sash windows. A slate-roofed timber porch with latticed sides shelters a four-panelled door, the upper two panels glazed. Jasmine Cottage has a symmetrical two-window and central blind window range, with 20th-century fenestration consisting of two-light casements with overlights and slightly cambered brick arches. It has a similar porch and door to Dunbarcott. The Nook has a two-window range (excluding the wing), with tall two-light casements, four panes per light, the window to the right featuring margin glazing bars. It has cambered brick lintels. A four-panelled door, with the upper panels glazed, is situated near the angle of the wing, alongside a two-light casement with three panes per light to the left, featuring a timber lintel. The inner face of the wing has two-light casements on each floor, with three panes per light to the upper storey and two panes per light to the ground floor.

The interiors were not inspected.

The cottages form a relatively unspoiled group in the village centre of Parracombe.