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Listed building outline

Higher Cottage Including Outhouse Adjoining To North West

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CURIE listed-building-outline:390854 no fact link
Prefix listed-building-outline Facts about Prefix
Reference 390854 Facts about Reference
Name Higher Cottage Including Outhouse Adjoining To North West Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Listed building outline no fact link
Organisation Torbay Council no fact link
Start date 1952-11-20 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 1952-11-20 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Geometry MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.559301 50.463279, -3.559354 50.463327, -3.559586 50.463225, -3.559537 50.46318, -3.559301 50.463279))) Facts about Geometry
Point POINT (-3.559443 50.463253) Facts about Point
Notes Former farmhouse. Probably C17, maybe earlier origins, various later alterations. Plastered cob and stone rubble; hall stack with red sandstone chimneyshaft, others red brick; thatched roof. PLAN: Main house has a 3-room and cross passage plan. South-east end inner room with projecting end stack (a later addition). Hall has projecting front lateral stack. Rear of passage now blocked by bathroom. Service end kitchen with projecting rear lateral stack and outbuilding at north-west end. EXTERIOR: Main house is 2 storeys. Irregular 3-window front. Central window (over the front door) is probably C18 three-light casement with flat-faced mullions and old leaded glass in outer light. Rest are C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars. Passage front doorway, to right of hall stack, contains C18 plank door with applied 6-panel front under C20 hood. C20 garage doors to outbuilding at right end. Roof is half-hipped to left and hipped to right. INTERIOR: Shows little sign of antiquity. Plain carpentry detail where exposed. Older features probably hidden. Higher Cottage forms part of an exceptionally attractive group of listed buildings in an unspoilt village and the adjoining Cockington Park. Listing NGR: SX8941263765 Facts about Notes
Listed building 1291624 Facts about Listed building

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    }
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