Description

TL 32 NE ASPENDEN THE STREET
4/4 (south side)
TL 3528
8/4 Bell Bridge House

22. 2.67

GV II

House. C15 or early C16 middle part, late C16 central chimney
and parlour extension at E with floor inserted in C17, and C18 E
chimney. W (service) part rebuilt in C18 or C19. Timber frame on
low brick sill, roughcast with weatherboarded apron. Steep old
red tile roof. A 2-storeys, 3-cells, central-chimney, lobby-
entry plan house facing N with C17 rear stair turret, and gabled
front porch (renewed). Irregular fenestration with 4 leaded
flush casements to 1st floor and 3 to ground floor. 2-light
flush Yorkshire sliding casements at rear. External E gable
chimney added in C18 to heat previously unheated parlour.
Parlour has exposed C17 chamfered and stopped narrow joists and
axial beam to ceiling. Hall has a fine elaborately moulded
timber C16 fireplace lintol to open fire, entrance to stair, and
very massive flat axial joists, heavy cross-beam and massive
square posts. Stepped-jowled post and jetty corner bracket
survive in enclosed space by stair (note and drawings by Gordon
Moodey in RCHM files) which with remaining upper-floor walls,
tension bracing, tie-beams, and shutter groove for window on N
side wall of chamber over hall, show that the late C16 chimney
was built against a jettied external end-wall of an older
building. What survives is the E bay of a 2-storeys wing, of at
least 2 bays, of a house the hall and service end of which
extended either in line to the W or at right angles to the S.

Listing NGR: TL3600428214

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468390

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (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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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)