Description

TM 15 SE WITNESHAM UPPER STREET

1/56 Buckshorns
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- II

House. c.1600 with alterations of c.1950. 1 storey and attics. Timber-
framed and plastered, much of the studwork exposed. Concrete tiled roof with
gabled casement dormers. Central chimney of red brick. 2-light C20 casements
with leaded lights. 2-storey C20 entrance porch with boarded and battened
door. The plan form is unusual. 2 equal cells at ground floor on each side
of a narrow central chimney bay; at lst floor is a single long room at either
end. Unchamfered lodged 1st floor joists throughout, perhaps reused from an
earlier house. Wind-braced clasped-purlin roof. Included despite C20
alterations because of complete timber-framed structure and unusual form.

Listing NGR: TM1837351629

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26478431

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair