The Thatched Cottage

ST6618 MILBORNE PORT CP NEWTOWN (North side)

11/179 The Thatched Cottage

24.3.61

GV II

Cottage, formerly row of 3. Early C19, modifield. Local stone cut and squared, rendered at East end; thatched, with half hipped gables; octagonal brick chimney stacks with mitred angles; 2 storeys, 4 bays. Casement windows with leaded lights; to bay 1 a 4-light below and 3-lights above, both with segmental arched heads; to bay 2 a 1+2+1 light flat roofed bay window below and 2-light casement with gauged brickwork flat arch above: C20 boarded door in recess spanned by timber lintol to bay 3, above which is a 2 light window set into the rendering: 4-light casements to bay 4, the lower with toplights. Thatched single-storey-with-attic extension on West gable; the attic window an early C19 leaded casement. Interior not seen. Newtown is a planned layout, of c1818, with originally some 80 thatched cottages: it is said to have originated as a vote-catching scheme.

Listing NGR: ST6695818944