Description

BARDNEY HIGHTHORPE
TF 16 NW
(north side)
Southrey
6/11 Cookoo Bush
Cottage
II
2 cottages, now cottage. Mid C17, early C19, C20. Timber frame,
painted red brick casing. Thatched roof with half hipped east
end and west end with rendered brick coped gable with kneelers.
2 dormers with C20 casement to right and sliding sash to left.
Single ridge stack. Single storey and attic, 3 bay front with
lobby entrance. 2 C17 timber frame bays to right, single early
C19 bay to left. Doorway to right with plain doorcase and plank
door. Doorway flanked by single C20 casements with a 3 light C20
casement beyond to left. Interior room to right with timber
framing exposed with quite thick posts, straight braces, sill,
wallplate and large bressumer over blocked fireplace. Cupboard
door to left of fireplace led originally to ladder for access to
attic. Original timber roof filled in by flat ceiling half way
up. Room to left of doorway with beamed ceiling, large chamfered
bressumer over blocked fireplace, single post in north-east
corner and cupboard door to right of fireplace, originally
leading to ladder for access to attic.

Listing NGR: TF1368466834

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26440654

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  For the Record
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)