Description

TM 03 NE CAPEL ST MARY THE STREET (NORTH SIDE)
3/59
No. 130

GV II

Cottage. C15/C16 or earlier with later alterations and additions. Timber framed
and plastered. Red plain tiled roof. Central red brick chimney stack. One
storey and attics with 2 gabled dormers. 2 window range of 3-light leaded
casements, board shutters. Central C20 vertically boarded door. Rear
extension. Internally much of the frame is exposed with heavy wall studs and
storey posts, inserted ceilings with stop chamfered bridging joists. Central
inserted chimney stack with blocked fireplaces, one face with mantel beam
exposed, the blocked bake oven is visible in the original rear wall of the
cottage. The remains of a sawn-off arched brace visible in the rear wall storey
post, the matching brace now hidden by a cupboard, the feature suggests that the
original medieval tie beam, supported by these braces was removed, possibly when
the chimney was inserted C16/C17. The front wall has moved outwards and has been
stabilized by timber and iron ties to the top plate, and hanging knees to the
ground floor ceiling. Roof timbers boarded in. Old pargetting to rear wall, now
inner wall of kitchen extension.

Listing NGR: TM0864238244

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26284882

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)