Summary The two, formerly three, cottages were two separate builds, No.2 being the earlier, and now only retains the angled NE end gable wall from the earlier building. This cottage, and the whole of No 3, appear to be a total rebuild, possibly by the Allen family of builders in the 19th century, who owned the site. |
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The two-storey cottages are largely built of stone, with slate roofs. No. 2 Bramble Cottage No. 2 retains the angled gable end which reflects the shape of the plot shown on the early maps. It has a substantial spine beam with elongated ogee chamfer stops, resting on the jamb of a large stone fireplace (fp on plan above). This has a similarly chamfered fire beam, with a number of peg holes on the face. The interior of the fireplace has been lined out with half-brick, probably inserted during a major overhaul of 1986. The span of the spine is c.4.65m. The font wall has been remodelled, probably on the early foundations, and the centre window was originally the entrance. A new entrance was made further to the SW and is now covered by a porch. All windows are probably of 1982. On the rear wall, a timber lintel suggests the position of a rear door, which was replaced by the present forced opening. The attached buildings at the rear are modern accretions. The first floor retains a small but fine stone fireplace with canted cheeks and a timber lintel with ogee stops. The presence of these features, and the spine beam supporting the first floor were probably the reason why the gable end was not rebuilt in the mid 19th century. There is a blocked rear wall window in the bedroom. The roof of this house was formerly more steeply pitched and was probably originally thatched, replaced with tiles by the time of the 1900-1910 photograph. Now it has a single central truss of ogee shaped pit-sawn principals, cut from a single tree trunk 170mm diameter, nailed together at the apex. It supports round pole purlins, and hedgerow rafters. On the gable end, there is a blocked window in front of the large stone stack. The elongated ogee stops tend to be a feature of the earlier half of the 17th century. |
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No. 3, Quince Cottage This cottage incorporates two earlier single bay dwellings, each with a living room with side passage on the ground floor, and a single room upstairs. The kitchen-scullery was presumably in annexes at the rear. They were separated by a 450mm thick wall. A spine beam in the second cottage has ogee stops, and may have been recovered from an earlier building. The front elevation has been considerably modified when the two cottages were made one, and retains the long continuous lintel. The span of the cottage is 3.5m. A false fireplace has been built in the present sitting room on the party wall with No 2. The thickness of this party wall has not been ascertained and may be thicker than shown on the plan. The roof structure is 19th century. |
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