Yeas Cottage

ST13SE COTHELSTONE CP

CUSHUISH 3/98 Yeas Cottage II

Cottage, now divided. C16, enlarged and embellished circa 1675, modernized C20. Rendered over random rubble, thatched roof, stacks West and South gable ends, and to East of cross passage. Large stepped external stack on East front. L-shaped plan, 3 cell and cross passage East-west with addition to South-east. East elevation, 2 storey, 1 bay gable end with 1 and half storey, single bay wing to South, C20 2-light casement with glazing bars and imported C19 2 panel studded door in gable end. Interior: Reused moulded ceiling beam and fragment of plaster frieze in South wing, the inner hall has 4 panelled, plain chamfered framed ceiling, cut in South corner where staircase bay originally flanked the entrance for the cross passage, now blocked. Incomplete plaster frieze of mermen(?) and pomegranates (?) with spice cupboard to North of open hearth inscribed RYI 1673. Upstairs the main bedroom, now divided contains good, large plaster overmantel with the arms of the Butchers Guild flanked by surpointers and on lower edge inscribed RY 1674 IY. The West end of the cottage reputedly contains a shallow peak headed wooden door frame, entrance to cross passage, inscribed RIY 1672, with similar inside RY 1673, also a gabled fireplace with a bacon curing chamber beside it, now blocked. RY stands for Robert Yen, a retired butcher from Exeter, and I for Isabelle his wife. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, February 1981).

Listing NGR: ST1965530673