Description

SO 61 NE LONGHOPE CHURCH ROAD
(west side)

6/116 The Cruck House

II

Detached house; C15, C17. Thin rubble stone, some larger quoins,
tiled roof. Two rooms per floor around central chimney, but wide
plan: one storey, second wholly in roof. Gable to road two 2-
light casement windows ground floor (one replaces door), timber
lintels, thin stone hoodmould: above a 3-light similar. on right
door and window with similar head; vertical joint in stonework,
two unlintelled casement windows. At ground level two large,
irregular stones project, one near door, one at right corner,
originally bases for crucks. Above stone-faced cross gable,
timber posts each side, 2-light casement window, with collar and
tie beam truss above, wattle and daub infill.
Interior: large open fireplace in far room, chamfered timber
lintel with pyramid stops, oven off. Inserted floor over room,
with deep chamfered beams dividing ceiling into eight compartments.
Two iron casements survive. In front of chimney stack a large
arch-braced open cruck truss, complete save ground-floor section of
one cruck: large chamfer with central groove. One brace cut for
doorhead first floor: some later timber-framed infill. On road
side of chimney a spere truss, complete to tie-beam level save for
lower part of one post and one arch brace. Ovolo moulding to
surviving brace, wattle and daub infill between it and post. House
enlarged 1970's.

Listing NGR: SO6856819443

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26586600

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)