Grindstone Cottage - October 2016

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Another find from today.

While I was searching up and down bridleways, I found this old house. At first sight, I expected this to be a full sized farmhouse, but instead, it's just a two up, two down cottage. Like the tarp farmhouse, not far away from this. This is being used for storage, whilst the first room isn't very interesting, the second one, has a few good bits. The ceiling has collapsed at some stage. This place may not have even been lived in since WW2. If only walls could talk.

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Much of the original woodwork predates the exterior brickwork by many decades. Quite common to see timber framed properties 'modernised' by having brick or stone exterior walls added at a much later date; however, the ornate style of that gable wall is unusual and I wonder if there is/was a large estate house somewhere around. The retaining plates for the roof tie bars clearly indicate that the brick wall and chimney breast is a free standing structure. I know that this structure offers good storage space, but the presence of the 'tin' roof indicates to me that it was put on to protect the old timber framed structure - listed or a site of some significance perhaps? A search of a pre WW2 OS map could reveal more perhaps?

Nice set of images here!
 
Much of the original woodwork predates the exterior brickwork by many decades. Quite common to see timber framed properties 'modernised' by having brick or stone exterior walls added at a much later date; however, the ornate style of that gable wall is unusual and I wonder if there is/was a large estate house somewhere around. The retaining plates for the roof tie bars clearly indicate that the brick wall and chimney breast is a free standing structure. I know that this structure offers good storage space, but the presence of the 'tin' roof indicates to me that it was put on to protect the old timber framed structure - listed or a site of some significance perhaps? A search of a pre WW2 OS map could reveal more perhaps?

Nice set of images here!

Thanks for the information, It is situated in the middle of some fields, far up a bridleway. I'm unsure if there was an estate nearby, it seems to just be an old Laborers cottage. However, since this is located a few miles from Blue Tarp farm, this may have the same landowner looking after it. The tin roof was put on to protect it, and the chimney was repaired a few years ago because house is also listed and at risk.
 

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