Description

TL 5156 FULBOURN PIERCE LANE
(South Side)

10/40 No.35 (Croft House)

II

Cottage, mid-late C17 with small C20 extension to right hand.
Timber framed, plaster rendered, with infill partly of clay bat
to one gable end. Thatched roof of combed wheatreed and grey
gault brick ridge stack with three shafts set diagonally.
Original plan of single range of three rooms and a narrower
lobby entry and chimney bay. Later a kitchen was added at the
rear, but this has since been demolished. Two storeys. Three
windows at first flour including one small closet opening and
one to hall bay both in original openings. Three windows at
ground floor replacing C18-C19 horizontal sliding sashes. C20
gabled porch. Interior: Abutting inglenook hearths to hall and
parlour have been sealed. The chamber over the parlour had a
hearth. The framing has wide centres between the studs and
straight downward bracing. Single doorway between hall and
service bay with partition wall. Stop chamfered main beam to
parlour.
R.C.H.M: record card

Listing NGR: TL5151856351

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26420769

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