Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
22/02/1995
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Location
Located against the B.4392, halfway between Guilsfield and Arddl_n.
History
Pair of early C19 cottages, formerly the Navigation Inn.
Exterior
Red brick in Flemish bond, with hipped tiled roof. Two storeys and atics, each cottage of 1 bay but two rooms deep. Six-panelled doors in panelled doorcases, each with flat canopy on console brackets. Sixteen-paned sashes with stone sills and slightly cambered 22cm rubbed brick heads. The S elevation of Varchoel Villa also has 16-paned sashes to each floor of each bay, the panes being square in proportion, and an inserted casement window at the centre. Dentilled brick eaves. Stack on party wall at centre. Lean-to outbuilding to No.2, now garage, with a loft on the N (road) elevation. N wall is of stone.
Reason for designation
Included as a largely unaltered example of a pair of early C19 cottages.
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