Description

TILSHEAD HIGH STREET
SU 04 NW
(south side)
1/281 Bell Cottage
II
Detached cottage. C16 with Cl7 remodelling. Plastered brick,
thatched roof with axial brick stack. Cl7 baffle-entry, formerly
open to roof with no chimney in C16. Single-storey and attic, 2
windows. Narrow planked door to right of centre, to right is C19
canted bay window and to left is one 3-light casement. Attic has
one eyebrow dormer with 2-light casement. Right return has 2-light
casement to attic. Rear has C20 French windows and two eyebrow
dormers to attic, one with 2-light casement and one to right with
two 2-light casements, attached to right is single-storey C19 brick
extension with segmental-headed casements and corrugated-iron roof.
Interior has Cl7 inserted first floor with chamfered beams with bar
stops, central stack with blocked open fireplaces. Timber-framed
partition between left and centre bays. RCHM recorded 3-bay C16
roof with smoke-blacked timbers; two tiers of through purlins with
curved wind-bracing to upper tier. An important survival of the
open-plan cottage with Cl7remodelling on Salisbury Plain.
(Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury).

Listing NGR: SU0341447919

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26274916

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version