British Listed Buildings

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Listing Text

FINNINGHAM WALSHAM ROAD (NORTH EAST
TM 07 SE SIDE)

2/20 Lodge Cottage
-
GV II

House. Early C16, floor inserted and extended late C16, part raised in C17,
reroofed early C19, altered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Shallow pitched
pantiled roof. Originally a small 2 bay open hall with cross passage in lower
hall bay, original lower bay to left which was probably storeyed has
disappeared; 3 bay stack and parlour addition to right, early bays raised to
uniform 2 storeys. Scattered 1,2 and 3-light glazing bar casements and French
windows. Axial ridge stack to right of centre between hall and parlour is
cement rendered with broadening visible above later ridge. Gable end exposed
early plates and later purlins, to right a C20 pantiled outshut with an
entrance leading to 1 storey C20 rear additions. Interior: 4 centred arched
door head to rear of cross passage, altered full height studding, original
hall window was 5-lights with parts of roll and hollow mullions reset in a
former service doorway, 4-light diamond mullioned window openings, inserted
bar and leaf stop chamfered binding beams and side girts, stop chamfered
fireplace bressumer, traces of mortices for open truss arched braces in posts
subsequently stop chamfered. Depressed arched head to doorway into parlour
has been moved slightly, parlour has stop chamfered cross axial binding beam
and storey posts, close studding, curved tension bracing and first floor
arched bracing in walls, 4 centred arched brick fireplace on first floor,
cambered tie beam.


Listing NGR: TM0573970668

Source: English Heritage

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