Description

TL 3528 ASPENDEN THE STREET
(north side)

8/6 Bourne Cottage

22.2.67

GV II

House. C16, divided in C19. Timber frame, on stuccoed sill at W
part but painted brick to E part. Roughcast with steep thatched
roof. Dark weatherboarded outshut at W. A small one and a half
storeys T-plan hall house facing S with 2-storeys jettied
crosswing at W and lean-to W outshut beyond. Central chimney at
upper end of hall next crosswing, and later external E gable
chimney. W end external chimney to crosswing rising through
outshut. S front has a gabled dormer to the chamber over the
hall,and window to each part, and doors up steps into hall and W
wing separately. This and the separate internal stairs at each
end are probably C19 changes. Interior has curved windbraces to
the clasped purlin roof, tension braces in the rear wall, and
large hall fireplace partly blocked.

Listing NGR: TL3586528245

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26394718

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)