Thorn Cottage Winn Cottage
THORN COTTAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1058005
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- Statutory Address:
- THORN COTTAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1058005
- Date first listed:
- 06-Apr-1959
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 02-Jan-1986
- Statutory Address 1:
- THORN COTTAGE
- Statutory Address 2:
- THORN COTTAGE
- Statutory Address 3:
- WINN COTTAGE
- Statutory Address 4:
- WINN COTTAGE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THORN COTTAGE
- Statutory Address:
- THORN COTTAGE
- Statutory Address:
- WINN COTTAGE
- Statutory Address:
- WINN COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Winsford
- National Park:
- Exmoor
- National Grid Reference:
- SS 90619 34874
Details
SS93SW WINSFORD CP WINSFORD VILLAGE 19/158 Winn Cottage and Thorn Cottage (formerly listed as 2 seperate items) 6.4.59
GV II Pair of semi-detached cottages. Late C18-early C19, altered late C20. Roughcast over rubble, half-hipped thatched roof, central stone stack, stone and roughcast stacks in outer bays. Plan: 3-cell, both almost identical, each with projecting circular stone turrets on facade. Two storeys, long 8 window front, end bays projecting, mostly C20 fenestration below wooden lintels, C19 leaded stair lights, entrance to Thorn Cottage left gabled porch, half glazed C19 door with marginal glazing bars, C20 door to Winn Cottage right below triple ridge tile pentice porch, similar pentice to right over outer bay window. Forms a picturesque group. Interior not seen, said to be without dateable features. An unusual plan for a pair of semi-detached cottages in West Somerset. (VAG Report, unpublished SRO, July 1979).
Listing NGR: SS9061934874
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 265572
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Vernacular Architecture Group Report in July, (1979)
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