Description

WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BROCKFORD HOCKEY HILL TM 16 NW 3/124 - Paxes House

-- II Former farmhouse, the left room latterly used as a shop. First half of C16: the left cell is the earlier but is much altered, the remainder was remodelled in early C17 when the stack was inserted. Renovated 1980's. Timber framed and rendered, thatched roof. 3 cells. 2 storeys. 3 windows, small-paned 3- light casements, the upper windows old, those on the ground floor replaced 1980's. Lobby entry: gabled porch with battened plank door. Stack has plain axial shaft of narrow brick. Interior. Main phase comprised hall and service end: partly exposed heavy studding with arched corner braces. Blocked cross- entry doorways, that at the front formerly with an arched head. Hall bridging beam has large chamfer without stops; the joists are concealed. Evidence for possible smoke hood at upper end of hall: smoke-blackened timbers, additional tie beam, now removed. Stack inserted into lower bay of hall; at same time the service end was given a new ceiling of regular plain joists set flat and turned into a parlour. Open fireplaces on ground floor, one under repair at time of survey. C19 newel stair. Left cell has much replacement studding; evidence for diamond-mullioned gable end window on ground floor. Plain ceiling joists with trimming for ladder stair. Roof over hall of irregular scantling.

Listing NGR: TM1271966216

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)