Laleston
A Village Full of HistoryCliff Cottage
Cliff Cottage is a Grade II listed building.
The Main house probably C18 with a cottage addition to the right C19. The original use was as a Vicarage and the apportionment 1842 as in ownership of parish officers.
It was donated for community use by Sarah Anne Blandy in 1910 and continues to this day. The building was restored 1975-82
Built of stone rubble with some dressed stone dressings, and pebble-dashed to the West gable end; a Welsh slate roof, with pebble dashed end stacks. it comprises: A house to the left, and the attached cottage front right, with the rear parallel wing left creating a double pile. With a two storey 3 bay front left elevation it has 6/6 pane sash windows with cambered arched voussoirs rendered later and sills; similar to ground floor either side of the front doorway with a pitched hood remodeled; a former segmental arched carriage entrance blocked with matching window inserted. Stepped up to right is a higher two bay cottage with full dormers, similar 6/6 pane sash windows with timber lintels and stone sills and small 4-pane window under eaves; similar to the ground floor windows with cambered arched voussoirs; with rough plinths. Remodeled side elevation right with doorway under a cambered brick arch. Some similar windows and doorway to the rear which has also been substantially extended C20. Bordered by a stone wall with iron lamp arch and decorative wrought iron gate to front.
In the late 1800's Cliff cottage was two dwellings but in recent years they have been combined into one unit.
Miss Sarah Anne Blandy (1837 - 1910) who donated Cliff cottage to the community in 1910. Link to Sarah Blandy
The plaque commemorating the renovation work carried out between 1975 - 1982 is situated on the Eastern end of the building.
Signage is at the rear of Cliff Cottage
In 1971 the Laleston Gardening Club moved into Cliff Cottage and carried out extensive renovation to the building, which is ongoing to this day, and as a listed building all work has to be carried out to strict conservation guide lines to maintain the building to the high historical position and importance it deserves within the village.
The rear of Cliff Cottage which is Blandy Hall
Front Garden
Rear garden View
The preserved frames are play areas for the games of Boules, a French game, in which the objective is to throw or roll heavy balls (called boules in France, and bocce in Italy) as close as possible to a small target ball, called the jack in English. Boules games are often played in open spaces (town squares and parks) in villages and towns. Dedicated playing areas for boules-type games are typically large, level, rectangular courts made of flattened earth, gravel, or crushed stone. The Smaller is the junior area the larger the adults.
