Description

SK 11 SW
3/127

CURBOROUGH AND ELMHURST CP
ELMHURST
Porch Cottage

II
House. Late C15 with later alterations and additions. Timber-framed, the outer walls replaced in brick; plain tile roof; brick ridge stack. Two framed bay house aligned north-south facing west, extended to the north in the C19 and to the east in the C20.

Two storeys; four window front of C20 casements. C19 gabled porch with shaped tile roof to left of centre garage door to left. Exposed main wall posts.

Interior: Large open fireplace in the south-west corner of the south bay. Both ground floor rooms have very wide ceiling joists. The main wall posts are heavily jowelled and have massive two-way curved braces. Rear wall retains large panel framing. Central queen strut roof truss.

Although altered, this remains a substantially intact hall with screen's passage of possible quasi-aisled type.

Listing NGR: SK1142212033

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26483289

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)