Cameo Cottage (EHER 38538)

A timber framed cottage built in 1778 and extended in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The building is plastered and weatherboarded, and the roof covered with handmade red clay tiles.

May 1986. Grade II listed. A timber framed cottage built in 1778 and extended in the late 19th and 20th centuries. The building is plastered and weatherboarded, and the roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The building is of two bays facing SE and has a late 19th century two-storey extension to the left with a 20th century lean-to conservatory in front of it. There is also a 19th century lean-to extension to the rear which is single storey with attics. The court rolls of Le How Manor of 23 March 1778 record that James Bowles, husbandman, was admitted to 16 rods of How Plain with liberty to erect a cottage, and of 30 October 1782 that he had sold the land with a cottage thereon to John Kendal, carpenter. <1> See photo <2>. See also <3>.