Mount Cottage (EHER 38554)

An 18th century timber framed house, extended in the 20th century. It is plastered and weatherboarded, and the roof is covered with handmade red clay tiles.

May 1986. Grade II listed. An 18th century timber framed house, extended in the 20th century. It is plastered and weatherboarded, and the roof is covered with handmade red clay tiles. The building comprises three bays facing NE, with a central chimney stack forming a lobby-entrance. There is a lean-to extension to the rear left, forming a catslide roof, and a 20th century flat-roofed two-storey extension in the rear right angle. There is a 20th century flat-roofed single-storey extension to the rear of both. Internally, there are two large wood-burning hearths back to back, of 0.23 metre brickwork. The court rolls record occupation of this messuage, with one acre, by John Johnson 13 October 1752, and by later occupants on 16 October 1780, 13 June 1813, 11 December 1837 and 6 December 1841. A modern shield on the front elevation is inscribed 1761; no documentary evidence is known relating to this date. <1> See photo <2>. See also <3>.