Cottage With Walls Enclosing Former Kitchen Garden, About 50 Metres South West Of Chilworthy House

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Cottage with walls enclosing 6/46 former kitchen garden, about 50a south-west of Chilworthy House -

GV II

Walls enclosing garden and gardener's cottage. Probably late C19. Walls; random rubble local stone with double florin and ridge tile coping, brick gatepiers with stone obelisks to gatepiers. Plan: rectangular kitchen garden about three-quarters of an acre in area; gatepiers on west side with cottage gable end abutting and forming part of garden wall, on north front doorway with brick surround once part of range of buildings shown on OS map but now demolished, entrance partly rebuilt in late C20 in north-east corner closest to Chilworthy House (q.v,), Cottage: random local stone, double Roman tile roof with bell-caste and overhanging eaves swept down on entrance lower on (north) entrance front, central large double stone stick, Plan: probably 2-cell and cross passage. Arts and Crafts style. One end a half storeys, central rectangular dormer in roof space with 3-light casements flanking central 2-light, all other openings with concrete lintels with incised segmental heads, ground floor left partly masked by gable end of lean-to, single light left of entrance, 3-light right, central door with 9-pane light; left return built into garden will, 3-light gable end, 4-light below.

Listing NGR: ST3165612226