The Cottage

ST43SE COMPTON DUNDON CP COMPTON STREET (East side) COMPTON

1/55 The Cottage

20.6.80

• II

Cottage, formerly 2. C17, with later alterations. Local lias stone cut and squared, roughly coursed; thatched roof with plain gables; brick end and intermediate chimney stacks. 2 storeys for 3-bays, single storey with attic for 2-bays. 2-light casement windows of varying sizes and patterns, mostly with small-panes, that to upper-bay 1 set into roof; between-bays 1 and 2 a later pattern boarded door in deep recess, and earlier pattern boarded door in heavy frame to-bay 4; all openings have timber lintols. Interior not seen, but a report notes several features of interest in the one storey portion, including remains of hall, cross passage and kitchen and kitchen of a C16/C17 house; passage has rising cobbled floor and chamfered beam; hall has spiral stairs and fireplace of c1600; kitchen has stud and plank screen and various ceiling beams; upstairs wattle and daub partitions, but roof a C19 rebuild (VAG Report, Unpublished SRO, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4793232448