Frost Cottage

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

MORCHARD BISHOP POLSON HILL, Frost SS 70 NE 5/184 - Frost Cottage GV II

Cottage. Mid-late C17, extended in mid C20. Plastered cob on rubble footings; cob stack with plastered brick chimney shaft; thatched roof. Gable-ended small cottage facing north-east comprising small service room to left (south-east) and heated room to right served by projecting end stack. 2 storeys. Balanced 2-window front of late C19 - early C20 casements with glazing bars. 2 small inserted first floor windows over central door and gabled, thatch-roofed porch.

Good interior. Main room cross beam is chamfered with scroll stops to rear but on front has runout stops and thickens as it enters wall with ogee-moulded frame.

Stone fireplace has oak lintel with runout stops and brick oven on left side. To right of fireplace small cupboard has pivotted fielded panel doors and contains a shaped shelf. 3 bay roof of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars.

Extension to right and studio to left are mid C20 extensions. A cottage containing surprisingly high quality detail.

Listing NGR: SS7711706827

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2255 IOE Records taken by Michael Woodhead; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Michael Woodhead. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project