Description

TM 0669
7/6

FINNINGHAM
CHURCH PATH(West side)
The Old House

GII
House,latterly with a shop.Mid C16,extended or part rebuilt late C17,extended C19,altered C20.Timber frame,roughcast.Steeply pitched black glazed pantiled roof.Four storeyed bays with service end to right,two later bays to left.Two storeys.Ground floor:a straight joint to slighly recessed later build,to right a part glazed door,architraved French windows and a large C20 bow window replacing shop window,to left a four panelled architraved door,two small casements.First floor four 4:8 pane architraved sashes and a two-light casement.Spocket eaves,axial ridge stack in left bay of early build has a moulded base,rebuilt cap.To rear left a C19 single glazing bar sash,two brick and clay lump pantiled lean-tos blocking an early lobby entrance,to right a C19 whitewashed brick one bay lower two storey addition with a slate roof leading to The Cottage(q.v.),outer half glazed blocked door,first floor two-light leaded casement.Interior:close studding with chamfered mid-rail,bar stop chamfered cross axial binding beam,joists and storey posts,depressed arched doorhead behind,stack,later chamfered axial binding beam in parlour,cranked arched braces in early walls,arched braces to stop chamfered cambered tie beams to queen post roof,four bays with arched braces to cranked collars and to plates/purlins;in later build reverse curved tension bracing,clasped purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TM0661769478

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635121

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas