Tithe Cottage

ST31NW COMBE ST NICHOLAS CP VICARAGE HILL (south side)

6/77 Tithe cottage -

GV II Semi-detached cottage at end of row. Late medieval-C16, ceiled C19 and divided into 2 dwellings C19, restored to single dwelling late C20. Roughcast over rubble, double Roman tile roof, coped verges left gable end, roughcast stack left gable end, brick to right of cross passage. Plan: abuts cottage to east, thought to be single ended open hall house, celled to 3-cell and cross passage. Two storeys, 2:2 bays, all C20 2- and 3-light casement windows, C20 door second bay left; gabled dormers rising from eaves on rear elevation. Interior:plank and muntin screen to cross passage chamfered on both sides, chamfered wooden lintel with chamfered stone jambs to former kitchen; base of cruck blade visible in south-east corner of out-shot, said to be divided from former kitchen by timber-framed partition. West gable end crud truss also said. to be visible on exterior. Upper storey said to contain 3 jointed cruck trusses and one true cruck, all of different design and thought to include reused timbers. This cottage was part of the globe. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, April 1977).

Listing NGR: ST3011011316