Rose Cottage And Front Boundary Wall

ST53SW BARTON ST DAVID CP PARK STREET (east side)

2/12 Rose Cottage and front boundary wall -

• II

Cottage. C17 with C19 remodelling. Local lias stone cut and squared; double Roman clay tile roof with plain north gable, abutment to south; brick chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 2-bays. 2-light stall-pane casement windows with dragged stone cills, and deep stone lintols to ground floor; central plain boarded door; lean-to against north gable with C20 part glazed door, larger C20 extension to rear. Interior not seen, but reported are chamfered beams with step and runout steps, one open hearth with oven, one fireplace with square-cut bead moulded surrounds, traces of stone newel staircase, and collar trusses. west elevation good example of C19 style using locally quarried stone, inside has C17 work: divided from adjoining house (not of special interest) in later C19. 4 metres west of house a Keinton stone flag or plank boundary wall, of 7m and 4m lengths with gate between, typical of many such walls formerly in village. (SSAVBRG Report, unpublished SRO, 1982).

Listing NGR: ST5424832174