Description

UFFINGTON WOOLSTONE ROAD
SU3089
11/156 Tamarisk Cottage and Birdbrook

GV II

Two cottages. Early C17 to left hand side (Tamarisk Cottage) and late C17
(Birdbrook). Squared and coursed chalk to Tamarisk Cottage; Birdbrook has
whitewashed chalk rubble with chalk quoins; right side wall has chalk rubble
ground floor with timber frame above and to rear; square framing of slight
scantling with diagonal braces. Thatched roof: brick stacks. 2-unit plans. 1
1/2-storey, 4-window range. Timber lintels over C19 plank door and C20 plank
doors, Tamarisk Cottage having thatched porch. Tamarisk Cottage has timber
lintels over original 4-light casements with ovolo moulded mullions: first
floor windows retain leaded lights; Birdbrook has original 3-light casements
with splayed wood mullions, and two 2-light leaded casements to first floor; 2-
and 3-light leaded casements to rear. Half-hipped roof; lateral, end and ridge
stacks. Interior: Tamarisk Cottage has quarter-turn and straight run stairs in
original position, adjoining fireplace with original bressumer , full set of
chamfered and stopped beams and common joists; timber framed central partition
wall. 2-bay collar-truss with butt tenoned purlins. Interior of Birdbrook not
inspected. C20 extensions to rear.

Listing NGR: SU3023589077

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572414

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)