Description

TL 4664-4764 LANDBEACH HIGH STREET
(East Side)

13/110 No. 35 (The
8.5.70 Plague House)
(formerly listed as Old
GV Plague House)

II

Cottage. Late medieval, early C16. Timber framed and plastered,
C19 gault brick. Long straw thatched roofs. Local brick ridge
stack and end stack. Original L-plan with two single storeyed
open halls, early C16 cross wing to north, early C17 inserted
stack and attic floors, some recently removed. West elevation;
one casement attic window and pantiled gabled dormer window with
horizontal sliding sashes, five ground floor windows of various
sizes with glazing bars. Main entrance facing north with modern
boarded door. Interior. Exposed timber frame indicates two or
three building periods for the halls with smoke blackened
rafters and tie beams marking original closed trusses. Early
C16 cross wing has exposed stop-chamfered floor joists. Cross
passage in C16 arrangement to north of central stack.
Ravensdale, J.R. The Village of Landbeach 1974

Listing NGR: TL4770764982

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420293

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6