Description

TL 4567 COTTENHAM HIGH STREET
(South East Side)

14/26 No. 279

II

House, late C16. Timber framed, roughcast rendered, with later
weatherboarding to rear and one gable end wall and gault brick
casing to ground floor of crosswing. Steeply pitched roofs now
of corrugated iron, originally thatched. Gault brick axial,
ridge stack and side stack to crosswing with early C18 brickwork
to lower courses, and rebuilt upper courses. Hall and crosswing
plan with main doorway to lobby entry to hall range. Two
storeys. Two horizontal sliding sashes to first floor and two
hung sashes on either side of doorway. Some of the framing is
exposed and painted white. The crosswing is also two storeys,
originally jettied at first floor, now underbuilt. One
horizontal sliding sash with glazing bars. Interior: The
crosswing is in three bays and has arch bracing to the tie
beams. One upper room remains open to the roof and was used as
a cheese room. The framing is of substantial scantling, close
set. The centre room of the hall range has moulded main beam
with leaf stops to the chamfer. Similar moulding to the middle
rail above the hearth.

Listing NGR: TL4511167438

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26616260

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)