MSO10518 - Chidgley Cottage, Chidgley (Building)

Cottage, subsequently 3 dwellings, now one cottage. Late C17, enlarged C18, altered late C20. Rendered over rubble and cob, thatched roof, half hipped left, rendered stacks gable end right and over present entrance. Plan: probably 2 cell originally, entrance now via curing chamber at left stack, one bay addition left with projection at rear, another addition right at rear. One and a half storeys, all C20 wooden 2-light casements, 2 gabled dormers to original dwelling, inserted small window above present entrance below eaves, groundfloor 2 windows left of entrance, pair centre with buttresses between, one right of subsiduary gabled entrance, now also a window, with butress beyond; slate pentice roof, rendered porch with ribbed door. Interior altered late C20; 2 very roughly chamfered lateral beams with step and runout stops in two rooms right, axial beams left, stairs set to left of right gable end, left stack with curing chamber left, now curved entrance bay, and bread oven right; collar and principal roof. Formerly known as Japonica Cottage. (VAG Report filed under Japonica Cottage, unpublished SRO, August 1980) [1] English Heritage Listed Building Number: 264828. First Listed on 21/12/1984. [2] Earth, Stone, Render walls. Gabled roof [3] The building was visited in June 2013 as part of the rapid condition survey of Exmoor's Listed Buildings 2012-13. It received a BAR score of 6. [4]