Description

TL 6730 GREAT BARDFIELD BRIDGE STREET
(west side)

8/139 Cage House (formerly
21.12.67 listed as Woodpeckers)

GV II

Wrongly shown on O.S. map as Woodpeckers. House. Early C17, altered in C20.
Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays facing E,
with axial stack in second bay from right end. Short extension and C18/C19
stack at left end. Single-storey lean-to extension at right end. C17 stair
tower to rear of stack (stair removed) enclosed by rear extension, c.1950. 2
storeys. 4-window range of C20 casements. C20 gabled porch. Grouped diagonal
shafts on main stack. The interior has jowled posts, straight braces trenched
inside studs, one chamfered transverse beam with lamb's tongue stops, chamfered
axial beam with exposed thin joists in left bay. Face-halved and bladed scarfs
in wallplates. 2 large wood-burning hearths. Introduced doorhead from an
earlier building alongside main stack. RCHM 35.

Listing NGR: TL6757630680

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26379488

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)