Description

WESTHORPE CHURCH ROAD (SOUTH SIDE)
TM 06 NW
4/114 House about 10m south-
- east of Tudor Cottage

GV II

House. Early C17, altered C19. Timber frame, plastered. Thatched roof. 4
bay, 2 cell lobby entry plan. 1 storey and attic. Entrance slightly to left
of centre, architraved boarded door with 3 glazed lights, open timber gabled
porch with decorative bargeboards, flanking 3-light glazing bar casements, to
far right or service end a small leaded light, all with hoodboards. Central
axial ridge stack. Gable end 2 and 3-light part opening casements, pentice
boards, exposed plates and purlins with a shaped bracket to front left. To
rear boarded doors flanking a small early 1 bay 1 storey wing, 3 light
casements, a boarded door, collars clasping purlins. Interior: frame largely
concealed, some close studding, part rebuilt to left, stop chamfered cross
axial binding beams and joists; over fireplace to right a moulded stone block
with a carved lion and coronet, probably taken from Westhorpe Hall (q.v.).
Arched windbraces to side purlin roof.

Listing NGR: TM0451469154

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26635141

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2