Cosdon

I've been trying to discover the origins of the house name 'Cosdon'. The closest connection I can find is that Cosdon Hill on Dartmoor was once a place of beacons and there's a hill/tor/vantage point somewhere close-by that retains the name.

This is an old house with very few features intact - ie one generation thought it was more expedient to build a pitched roof rather than repair the original flat roof (still up there - it was just built over) and since then it's gone into decline because it's only known a few years of being loved and cared for.

Times have changed for this little house because I love it and know it deserves better: its architecture may not be the best and its siting, between crumbling stone walls and with no viable damp-proofing, may leave much to be desired but when I leave it will be feet-first and the house will be better for me having lived here and the garden will be glorious.

P, the builder, is currently painting the frontage (Cream and Empire Green) and on Tuesday he'll be extending his ladders up to the roof apex to take down the ugly satellite dish and replace it with this:

Sometimes it's worth foregoing food for something that's simply splendid.

Cosdon
Dartmoor's Stone Rows

PS My new phone didn't arrive within the 'Express Delivery' slot so pics will follow next week.