Description

SX99SE
1853/1/10003
23-FEB-01

CLYST ST MARY
Old Kiddicott

II

House. Circa late C17 remodelling of an earlier house; extended late C20. Rendered stone and cob. Asbestos tile roof with gabled ends and deep eaves. Rendered axial and gable end stacks.
PLAN: 2-room and cross-passage plan; possibly formerly a central unheated room plan and a remodelling of an earlier house; kitchen on left [S] with large gable-end fireplace with oven and evidence of newel stairs to side of stack, and parlour on right [N] with blocked gable-end fireplace. Large late C20 extension on left [S] end.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical 3-window east front with C20 3, 4, 5 and 6-light timber mullion windows; central doorway with C20 glazed door and poch; C20 extension on left with lean-to conservatory on front. Rear [W] has three circa late C17 timber mullion windows on first floor, now two lights each; C20 mullion windows and single-storey extension on ground floor; large late C20 extension on right.
INTERIOR: Left-hand room [hall] has closely-spaced unchamfered joists, large Heavytree stone fireplace with chamfered timber bressumer with cyma stops and brick lined oven; stair-turret of former newel stairs to right of fireplace. Cross-passage is now part of hall. Right-hand room [parlour] has closely-spaced unchamfered joists and gable-end fireplace blocked by C20 brick chimneypiece. 4-bay roof with collar trusses, the collars halved, pegged and dovetail lap-jointed to the principals, the apexes halved and pegged and two tiers of purlins trenched into the backs of the principals; diagonally-set trenched ridgepiece; common-rafters remain on west side only.

Listing NGR: SX9908690239

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619583

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)