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Crosthwaite Cottage in 1700

Built in 1677, this model shows how Crosthwaite Cottage would have appeared around the year 1700.  A single storey house with a side entrance, it would have comprised a large firehouse, or living kitchen, a bedroom/parlour and, at the rear, a small buttery.  The small fire window provides light into the inglenook fireplace. Access to an open loft space, which would have been used for storage or additional sleeping accommodation, would have been via a steep ladder stair rising from the parlour.  The loft space was lit by a window high up in the left gable.

Dimensions, inc. base: W 42 cm, D 27 cm, H 28 cm; Total number of rooms : 4

Prices:  Blank Interior Style        - £120                   (Learn more about styles and finishes?)
           Fitted Interior Style        - £185
           For both the above, add £20 for Weathered Finish

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Crosthwaite Cottage in 1750

By 1750, the owners of Crosthwaite Cottage had made improvements to their home.  The side entrance was retained but a front door had been added. The inglenook fireplace was also still in place but a fireplace and chimney had been added to the left gable, necessitating the blocking of the loft window. The walls of the house had been raised slightly to turn the loft into a sleeping area and a spiral stone staircase had been installed to replace the steep ladder. A small outshut, or annexe, had been built on to the back of the house to accommodate the buttery.

Dimensions, inc. base: W 42 cm, D 36 cm, H 35;  Total number of rooms: 5

Prices:  Blank Interior Style          - £150                    (Learn more about styles and finishes?)
           Fitted Interior Style        - £250
           For both the above, add £20 for Weathered Finish

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Crosthwaite Cottage in 1825

By the beginning of the 19th century the owners of Crosthwaite Cottage had made dramatic changes. Georgian sash windows had been added at the front. The height of the walls had been raised to accommodate three normal sized bedrooms, now accessed via a wooden dog leg staircase in the outshut to the rear of the building. This outshut was now continuous across the back and contained both pantry and scullery.  The inglenook fireplace had by now been replaced with a hearth designed to fit a range and there were fireplaces in the two main bedrooms. The side door had been blocked and a substantial porch added to the Georgian front door. 

Dimensions, inc. base: W 42 cm, D 39 cm, H 35 cm; Total number of rooms, excluding stairway:  7

Prices:  Blank Interior Style          - £240                    (Learn more about styles and finishes?)
           Fitted Interior Style        - £365
           For both the above, add £20 for Weathered External Finish

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(all images show the fitted interior style and the weathered finish )

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