COB COTTAGE

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Location

21 AND 23, NORTH STREET
COB COTTAGE, NORTH STREET

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Details

NORTH TAWTON NORTH STREET, North Tawton SS 60 SE 13/117 Nos. 21 & 23 and Cob Cottage GV II 3 Cottages, originally one house. C16 with C17 alterations divided probably in C19. Rendered cob walls. Gable ended thatched roof. 2 rendered stacks, one offset from ridge at left gable end, one at right gable end. Plan: now comprises a 1-room plan cottage to the left, the right-hand cottage has 1-room at the front and another in a rear wing. Originally may have been a 2 or 3- room and through passage plan, possibly truncated at one end. Probably C17 or C18 wing behind right-hand end which was divided off to form Cob Cottage. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, No. 21 to left, No. 23 to right. C20 2-light casements on first floor in small openings. No. 21 has C19 2-light small-paned casement to the left and a C20 part-glazed door to the right. No. 23 has a 3-light small-paned C20 casement to the right of a C20 part-glazed door. Wing extends to its rear, part of which is Cob Cottage. Interior: No. 21 shows evidence of an early truss with curved feet on the first floor but no access to it in roof space.

Listing NGR: SS6640801872

Selected Sources

National Grid Reference: SS 66408 01872

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