Description

TL 8024 STISTED THE STREET
(east side)

8/288 No. 21 (Peverel
Cottage)

GV II

House. Late C17, altered in early C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with
handmade red plain tiles. 3 bays facing SW, presenting oblique gable end to
street. Internal stack near right end, against rear wall. C19 external stack
to rear of left bay. C20 single-storey lean-to extension at right end, roofed
with corrugated asbestos (subject to planning application at time of survey,
February 1987). One storey with attics. 3 C20 casements, one small light to
stair below eaves; one C19 casement in gabled dormer. C19 boarded door. Gable
end to street, one-early C19 sash of 6 lights on each storey, late C19/early C20
serpentine bargeboards. In right bay, C17 large wood-burning hearth facing to
right, disused; C19 smaller hearth back to back with it, away from rear wall;
fragment of former bread oven forming recess in rear wall. The tiebeam to right
is exposed externally, the tiebeam to left has rotated out of position; plain
joists of vertical section supported on pegged clamp. In middle bay, chamfered
axial beam, plain joists of vertical section jointed to it with soffit tenons
with diminished haunches. Cross-wall to left, heavy studding with primary
straight bracing, tiebeam severed for doorway. Left bay, waney axial beam, C20
grate, 2 early C19 corner cupboards with arched heads, attached to the
building.

Listing NGR: TL8001524788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26465229

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings