Listed Building: WITHYCOMBE COTTAGE (1058001)

SSB3NE WINSFORD CP 13/147 Withycombe Cottage II Cottage. C17 enlarged mid C20. Flat bedded slate, slate roof, pyramid roof hipped over extension left, circular stone stacks left and right at original gable end. Plan: possibly gable entry to single cell with partition at lower end for cattle, enlarged at both ends to form 3-cell. Two storeys, 3 window façade, all C20 left, in addition wall set back, central window and another to right of butt joint, ground floor lit end bay left, C20 door, window to right, wall slightly curved to contain gable end stair lit by arched head lancet with rubble voussoirs, window to right and another entrance in lean-to addition. Rear elevation has polychrome slate voussoirs to blocked door of gable end left and 2 windows on each floor to right. Interior: fireplace lintel and beam chamfered with scroll stops, part of good plank and muntin partition on rubble plith with scratch moulding to stiles, bench with interesting carved end also with scratch moulding on inner side, damaged at top, suggesting place for 2 beams to be set across previously to exclude large animals. Possibly reset. The other side of the screen has been restored with oak floor boards. West Nethercote (qv) contains a similar bench end. Listing NGR: SS8868435083