Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
23547
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/2000
Date of Amendment
19/07/2000
Name of Property
Old Cottage in grounds of Underhill Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Ilston
Town
Swansea
Locality
Penrice
Easting
250340
Northing
188103
Street Side
Location
At the edge of Nicholaston Woods, beside the road from the A4118 to Oxwich, about 400m south of the main gates Penrice Castle. The cottage stands in the grounds of Underhill Cottage.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A two-room cottage probably of the late C18, probably built soon after the road across Oxwich Marsh was established.
Exterior
Single storey cottage of two windows with central door, with its chimney to the left, facing south and with its rear close to the hillside of Nicholaston Woods. Rubble stonework, painted white. The fireplace stonework of the west gable is a different build to the stonework of the cottage generally. Artificial slate roof with exposed rafter ends and cemented verges. Small brick chimney at left. The door is vertically boarded and the windows each consist of two eight-pane lights. Timber lintels, brick sills. In the right gable is a loft opening. Small outbuilding at left.
Interior
Reason for designation
A small cottage of the late C18 or early C19, probably associated with the Penrice estate improvements of the time.
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