Description

HODNET C.P. ROOKERY LANE (East side)
SJ 5829-5929
11/85 Bench-Mark Cottage
-

- II

House, latterly divided. Mid-C17 with mid-C20 alterations. Timber
framed with painted brick nogging. Northern gable end rebuilt in
rendered brick. Slate and C20 machine tile roof. Framing: small
square and rectangular panels, 3 from sole plate to former wall plate.
Eaves raised by one-panel's height in the mid-C20. Baffle-entry plan
of 2 framed bays. 2 storeys. Central brick ridge stack. 4-window
front; C20 one-, 2- and 3-light wooden casements. One ground-floor
C19 cast-iron lozenge-pattern window. Boarded door between first and
second windows from left with C19 gabled timber framed porch. Right-
hand gable end: jettied first floor with hewn brackets. Collar and
tie-beam truss with queen struts. Interior: pairs of chamfered beams
with ogee stops. Ground-floor chamfered wall plates. Large open
fireplace with ogee-stopped chamfered wooden lintel. The house formerly
extended one bay further to the north. The owner (May 1986) possesses
a photograph of the house when it was 3 cottages, before the third bay was
demolished and the eaves were raised.

Listing NGR: SJ5960029802

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648377

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)