Barberry Cottage (EHER 37274)

18th century building, part of service range of former manor house.

Part of a service range of the manor house of Fitzjohns, dating to the 18th century (of which the remainder was demolished about 1900), and converted into a dwelling. It is part timber-framed, part brick, all plastered, with a tiled roof. The house has two bays, aligned north-south, with a single-storey lean-to extension at south gable, and single-storey extension to the south-west, both 20th century. It is single-storey with attics in a gambrel roof. On the ground floor, there is a casement window, a plain door in gabled hood, and a bay window with casements, all of the 20th century. There is a 20th century casement window in a catslide dormer, and chimney at the north gable. It has a wooden bell turret on the roof, with saltire bracing, and pyramidal roof and finial. This building with its distinctive bell turret is illustrated in drawings of Fitzjohns dated 1857 in E.R.O. <1> See: <2>