Description

SD 83 WORSTHORNE WITH HURSTWOOD
HURSTWOOD

3/52 Rose Cottage and Brookside
17.12.1968
GV II

Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. Probably c.1600, altered. Coursed sandstone
rubble with quoins, stone slate roof. Rectangular 3-bay plan with
through-passage behind reredos of former firehood, subsequently divided
into 4 units by lateral partition of central housepart. Two storeys; Rose
Cottage (the present left half) has original main doorway with broad
chamfered surround and triangular head, protected by a cut down porch with
lean-to roof; to left, and alterhed window at ground floor, with moulded
jambs, and a 3-light mullioned window above; to right, including Brookside,
all altered openings at ground floor (including 3 windows and 3 doors); at
1st floor, Brookside has 2 mullioned windows like that in Rose Cottage;
other windows at 1st floor altered or inserted. Very large external
chimney stack at left gable. Interiors: through passage in Brookside, has
timber-framed service end partition on the left (part removed), with
remains of stud-and-plank panelling; front room at this end has large
rectangular stone fireplace; at 1st floor, a scarf-jointed wall plate;
Brookside has beams with cyma-stopped chamfer; both have kingpost roof
trusses. Reference: RCHM pp.173-4.

Listing NGR: SD8823631382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26328419

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)